Hello to all our readers old and new,
It has been a busy week again, the phone rang off the hook the last few days, blooming wrong numbers, anyway there has been lots of interest in Keran’s case.
We have had so many e-mail’s from people who have suffered at the hands of experts, some still wait painfully to clear their names, and we hope that this happens soon, when they get it wrong they should be brave enough to stand up and put their hands up and say, ‘yeap we got it wrong …. sorry’.
But no.
Lets hope we can change that soon. After all this week, one of the worst miscarriages of justice, has a very sad anniversary, it will be a year since Sally Clark died. No one was really punished for what they did to Sally….
I watched Panorama the other evening and found it very interesting, I would have liked to see the same size crash test dummy used in Norway and the States, to see if there was a huge difference then. But it shows doubt, and I though cases had to be beyond reasonable doubt?
Which brings me to a Professor wheeled out to stand up for SBS. He stated they look for the Triad. Which after listening to him earlier on Radio 5 Live he said the Triad, plus bruises, Fractures (and I think on another show, mentioned Cigarette burns).
That made me think
1. There was no Cig marks
2. No fractures
3. No Grip Marks or multiple bruises
4. He said possibly bleeding at the back of the eyes
5. Maeve’s Bridging veins were intact
6. No bleeding over the brain when first brought into hospital (Wayney Squiers)
But then what do I know, no one pays me for my evidence. But what it shows is how things can change, even from one expert in a short period.
Professor Stephenson raised a good point on 5 LIve saying he didn’t like the term Shaken Baby Syndrome as it implies they know the exact mechanism, which of course they would have to have been there to truly know - and of course they weren’t there. He prefers Non Accidental Injury which of course is much more open, as it should be.
Like in our case they tried SBS then dropped in Sudden Impact too, that left it open too. It also shows maybe they didn’t have a clue what went on and gave both a run, to get a result. Which of course worked with the jury.
Also said was how if a Child was clothed and swaddled you wouldn’t get fingerprints…I don’t recall that ever being possible on most clothes, DNA yes, but not prints. Maybe he meant grip marks?
So now they may want you to believe, you lose your temper, but wrap your victim up, then shake as to leave no marks. Tell the witnesses available in the house not to come in. Carry out the alleged assault and then find a soft surface to throw your victim on?
Do they truly expect people to buy into this? Thirty years ago they said you could catch AIDS by breathing the same air, or holding hands…they know more now. Maybe in SBS they will stop seeing all parents and carers as Child abusers?
Anyone I guess is capable of horrible things we have seen the Police Officer who murdered his wife, Dr Shipman and all his countless victims, we have the Jersey case bubbling up on the horizon were Social/care workers etc may become suspects.
But to say people totally, TOTALLY, out of character lose their tempers, in Keran’s case over a soiled nappy, especially after one child did numbers two’s all the way down our brand new stair carpet (to which she just laughed) is a cheap shot to justify an even more ludicrous theory.
I get the feeling sometimes, looking at the Body language and the tone used in Panorama and on other shows that the ‘experts’ are the only ones that care about Child Abuse, don’t know about you, but I don’t know many PRO Child abuse sites? Yes, sure there are the highly illegal sites and Thank God the ’swirly faced’ Paedophile looks set to be brought to justice for what he has allegedly been upto. But to cast a shadow on the majority of society and especially Parents and Carers seems to go against Innocent until proven guilty. But then we know that’s how these cases work now, you have to prove your not guilty.
Following on from Panorama, I went on the Matthew Wright show, on Channel 5, were I met for the first time a lady I have had some contact with via e-mail and phone, called Rioch Edwards-Brown. To hear what happened to her again, makes you wonder why, when people get it wrong and possibly deliberately hide paperwork they don’t get investigated or sacked? Maybe the system doesn’t bear up to close scrutiny?
If I had done that in the Police (hiding paperwork - deliberately to change a trial or a case), I would have been gone more likely than not, certainly investigated. But ‘experts’ involved in some HUGE child abuse cases from Rochdale, Cleveland, etc etc still keep their jobs? Do they get retrained? Do they apologise? Did Rioch get compensation for having to fight for 8 plus years - yes - £750. No doubt what one expert gets in one case? Well, that’s fair then………
Janet Ellis (a favourite on Blue Peter, remember making the Christmas Candle Holder, burnt down the whole terrace with that, happy days) asked me on the show, did we get any support and I had to say no, it all seemed stacked against you (The state just leave you in a state). I will have to sell the car very soon, to help out, which you don’t mind (as Keran had the thing covered in pink Seat covers - it really is no good for my image) needs must. But I should have said to Janet, of course all the support we had locally was superb and still is. The events that get organised are truly impressive, you could all set up an events company on the back of it!
Maybe there is a reason we have had to go through this, and that is to stop this happening to others. To all those that have been in touch, yet more Solicitors, Students, Police Officers, Friends old & new, Other Victims of Miscarriages here and abroad, Mothers & Fathers of children who have tragically fallen ill or died, God bless you all for taking a moment of your time to send your support.
Thanks for Caring
Iain