My Father and the Toe Print

I inherited a family scrapbook from my mother in 2006. Inside was a newspaper clipping from the Northern News from 1955 and several photos of my father. It was the story of how my father, Detective Inspector Patrick Greene, secured a conviction on a burglary case in the small Northern Rhodesian town of Kitwe. The main piece of forensic evidence was a footprint found at the scene.

The thief sneak…