BMJ  2005;330:1347 (11 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7504.1347

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Pathologist in Sally Clark case suspended from court work

Clare Dyer, legal correspondent

BMJ

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The Home Office pathologist who failed to disclose key evidence that could have helped to clear Sally Clark of murdering her two babies was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council last week. Alan Williams was banned from Home Office pathology work or coroners' cases for the next three years, but will be allowed to continue working as a consultant histopathologist at Macclesfield General Hospital.

The GMC concluded that Dr Alan Williams (above right), whose evidence was crucial in the case of Sally Clark (above le ft), showed no evidence of general incompetence

Credit: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/PA/EMPICS

Credit: ANDREW PARSONS/PA/EMPICS

Mrs Clark was jailed for life in 1999 for killing two of her sons, Christopher and Harry, but had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2003 after spending more than three years in prison ( BMJ 2003;326: 304[Free Full Text]).

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