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13/07/2005
Sir Roy Meadow found guilty by GMC
Professor Sir Roy Meadow has been found guilty of providing “erroneous and misleading” evidence in the trial of Sally Clark, at a General Medical Council hearing.
The GMC said that Sir Roy had failed in his duty as an expert witness and they will now decide if his actions amount to serious professional misconduct.
If he is found guilty, he could face being struck off the medical register.
Sir Roy provided evidence at the 1999 trial of solicitor Mrs Clark, who was accused of murdering her two sons, Christopher and Harry.
Sir Roy had stated that the probability of two natural, unexplained cot deaths occurring in the Clark family was 73 million to one – a claim which was later disputed by the Royal Statistical Society, which argued that there was no statistical basis for the claim.
Mrs Clark served three years, before she was eventually freed in 2003 after the Court of Appeal overturned her convictions. However, she was not freed as a result of Sir Roy’s testimony, but because it emerged that another witness, pathologist Alan Williams had failed to disclose important medical evidence.
Sir Roy also provided evidence in the trials of Angela Cannings and Donna Anthony, who were both convicted of murdering their children. Both women were freed after the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions.
(KMcA/GB)
The GMC said that Sir Roy had failed in his duty as an expert witness and they will now decide if his actions amount to serious professional misconduct.
If he is found guilty, he could face being struck off the medical register.
Sir Roy provided evidence at the 1999 trial of solicitor Mrs Clark, who was accused of murdering her two sons, Christopher and Harry.
Sir Roy had stated that the probability of two natural, unexplained cot deaths occurring in the Clark family was 73 million to one – a claim which was later disputed by the Royal Statistical Society, which argued that there was no statistical basis for the claim.
Mrs Clark served three years, before she was eventually freed in 2003 after the Court of Appeal overturned her convictions. However, she was not freed as a result of Sir Roy’s testimony, but because it emerged that another witness, pathologist Alan Williams had failed to disclose important medical evidence.
Sir Roy also provided evidence in the trials of Angela Cannings and Donna Anthony, who were both convicted of murdering their children. Both women were freed after the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions.
(KMcA/GB)
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