Young visitors to Ruthin Gaol are being given the chance to step into the shoes of a North Wales Police detective or Crime Scene Investigator and solve a crime.A murder has taken place at the gaols\' kitchen. A body remains in situ and police tape protects the scene and the valuable evidence left by the offender. Now all that\'s left to do is to don a forensic white suit and find out who is responsible for the heinous crime by studying the various clues.\n\n \n\nThis is the challenge that awaits youngsters who visit the exhibition which has been carefully pieced together by the NWP Forensic Science Unit. \n\n \n\nOpen until the end of June, NWP stepped in with the special scene as a result of an approach made by staff at the gaol who asked if the force could help by providing an exhibition for the \'Crime Detection\' month.\"It\'s already proving to be quite a winner, with children really enjoying the experience of turning CSIs and detectives,\" said local Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant Mavis Evans. \"The crime scene is all set out and the youngsters can really get into the role of an officer with white forensic suits available for them to wear and of course they are all given their own copy of the all-important major incident book to fill in.\"\n\n \n\nWhen Y Glas caught up with Sgt Evans and local PCSO Francis Long at the gaol a group of local pupils from Ysgol Brynhyfryd and Rhos Street School were already hardat work. \n\n \n\n10-year-old Decklan Astburry thought the experience was \'cool\' and it got a similar thumbs up from his friend 10-year-old Charlie Butt. He said: \"I like the body best and the chance to see a crime scene.\"\n\n \n\nThe challenge proved just as popular with the girls. Olivia Barrett and AliceFerguson are both 11-years-old. They liked the atmosphere, the chance to examine the scene with friends and \'seeing what it is like to be a detective\'. \n\n \n\n\"It\'s been great,\" added PCSO Long. \"I came to help the children find clues and establish what further examinations could be undertaken with some of the evidence found but they have done really well. They\'ve found the majority of the clues and seem to have drawn their own conclusions as to what has happened to our poor old dummy -- or our murder victim as I should say!\"\n\n \n\nOnce the study of the scene is over -- attention then turns to fingerprint examinations. As well as getting to experience the challenges of identifying similar prints, youngsters and their families can also have a go at pressing their fingers into the ink and taking their own prints. Crime, CSI, Denbighshire, Detective, Gaol, Investigation, Murder, North, Police, Ruthin, Scene, Wales, Whodunnit