Sally Clark freed after appeal court quashes her convictions

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BMJ 2003;326:304 ( 8 February )

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Sally Clark freed after appeal court quashes her convictions

Clare Dyer, legal correspondent, BMJ
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Sally Clark, the British solicitor convicted three years ago of murdering two of her babies, was freed last week by the CourtofAppeal.

Mrs Clark, who had already lost one appeal, had her case referred back to the appeal court after her defence team discoveredmicrobiology results obtained by Alan Williams, the Home Officepathologist who carried out the postmortem examination on hersecond son, Harry. The findings had not been disclosed to police,prosecutors, defence lawyers, or the other doctors in thecase.

She was charged with murder after Harry died aged 8 weeks in January 1998, in circumstances which were strikingly similarto those surrounding the death of her first son, Christopher,at 11 weeks in December1996.

Christopher's death was originally diagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome. Dr Williams, and Professor Michael Green, whowas brought into the case by Dr Williams, now face investigationsby the General Medical . . . [Full text of this article]

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