Against All Odds: A mother's fight to prove her innocence: The Angela Cannings Story

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The story of Angela Cannings and her three dead babies is as distressing a domestic tale as one is likely to read. On Tuesday, the 38-year-old from Salisbury was given two life sentences after a jury decided that she had murdered two of her children, seven-week-old Jason and 18-week-old Matthew, by smothering them to death in their cots. Before the verdict was reached, Cannings, who has always denied the murders, told the court: "I really don't know what I have done in my life to deserve to lose my children." Judgement in High Court appeal in case brought by Meadow against GMC finding of serious professional misconduct, Feb 2006.

Angela Cannings, the mum who lost 3 babies to cot death Angela Cannings, the mum who lost 3 babies to cot death

Until the Real Story investigation, the police, the judge and the jury all thought Cannings' grandmother had seven children. Evidence from one prosecution expert, the paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow, was a key factor in each case. Mrs Cannings, who paid tribute to her legal team and supporters, said there were two "special people" in her life who had kept her going in prison.Reporter 428, 30 November 1998". reporter.leeds.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016 . Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more. In January, solicitor Sally Clark, who had been jailed for murdering her two baby sons, was cleared by the Court of Appeal. What will happen, of course, is that each case will be dealt with on its merits, but the Court of Appeal judgment has provided guidance to prosecutors that they can take into account in considering each individual case. Prosecutors will ask themselves whether a case is similar to what the Court of Appeal identified in the judgment—where there is no persuasive or credible evidence other than the conflicting evidence of experts. If so, such a case might well not lead to a prosecution. The Director of Public Prosecutions is considering the judgment and will issue new guidance on the implications of the Court of Appeal decision for prosecution decision-making. He is currently reviewing the 15 cases that are currently under way. Prof Patton said the new evidence - combined with details revealed in the original trial - "strongly supported a genetic case for the infant deaths". Media Summary of Judgment". judiciary.gov.uk. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 17 March 2007.In January, solicitor Sally Clark, given a life sentence for murdering her two baby sons, was freed on appeal after spending more than three years in prison. In the 2005 trial of Ian and Angela Gay over the death of their adopted son Christian, the prosecution relied heavily upon Meadow's 1993 paper "Non-accidental salt poisoning", [43] citing it many times throughout the trial. The judge also referred to the paper citing it five times during his summing up. Ian and Angela Gay were found guilty of manslaughter and spent 15 months in prison before their convictions were quashed.

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Angela Cannings, 40, from Salisbury in Wiltshire, was sentenced in April 2002 for the murder of seven-week-old Jason in 1991, and 18-week-old Matthew in 1999. on the following grounds:1. The case involved a scientif‌ic dispute between reputable experts(relying on the argument in R v Cannings [2004] 1 All ER 725 at[178])2. A retrial was unfair as the disclosure of legally privileged materialfor the purposes of the appeal meant that the defendant’s......Yesterday's judgment in the Court of Appeal in the appeal against conviction of Angela Cannings has serious and far-reaching implications. The Court of Appeal said that, in relation to unexplained infant deaths when the outcome of the trial depended exclusively or almost exclusively on a serious disagreement between distinguished and reputable experts, it would often be unsafe to proceed. We are acting on that judgment.