paisleyboy86
Club Champion
as if this little fella didn't get let down enough in his life :angry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22198978
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22198978
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Foxholer
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Are you suggesting the Appeal Court were wrong to quash the convictions!
paisleyboy86
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yes i'm suggesting his mother should not be allowed to walk the streets 
golfdub
Tour Rookie
yes i'm suggesting his mother should not be allowed to walk the streets
She should be stoned.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
If the original judge allowed two "quacks", as the appeal judge termed it, to present medical evidence as if it were fact then Ms. Hainey was certainly let down by the justice system. As to whether her son was let down, we will have to wait for the enquiry to find out.
DappaDonDave
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Screams suspicion...poor child!
Foxholer
Blackballed
May not be have been a good mother, but the ruling is a pretty severe condemnation of the prosecution 'expert witnesses'! -
Quote from the BBC article..
In their written ruling, the appeal judges outlined their reasons for quashing both convictions.
They criticised key witnesses, prosecutors who failed to check their credentials and the trial judge, Lord Woolman, who did not dismiss their evidence - or at least point out to the jury that it was flawed.
The appeal judges were told that during the 26-day trial the jury heard what was claimed to be damning evidence - from a forensic anthropologist who admitted in court that she had no medical qualifications.
Prof Susan Black of Dundee University claimed that so-called "Harris lines" in Declan's bones and what was described as "cortical erosion" were evidence of malnutrition and neglect.
Defence QC Edward Targowski pointed out that her conclusions were considered controversial and had been dismissed by other scientists.
The professor's report was backed by Dr Craig Cunningham, who turned out to be her PhD student, and again unqualified in medical matters.
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