The court considered appeals against convictions for homicide of infants by carers.
Held: There is no room for trial by expert and in many cases the evidence including the expert evidence, may be insufficient to exclude beyond reasonable doubt an unknown cause of death.
Judges:
Moses, Rafferty, Hedley LJJ
Citations:
[2010] EWCA Crim 1269, (2010) 115 BMLR 139, [2010] Fam Law 917, [2010] 2 Cr App R 24
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Burridge v Regina CACD 2-Dec-2010
The defendant appealed against his conviction for the murder of his infant son. There had been considerable expert medical evidence called, but only by the prosecution.
Held: The court considered the basis upon which new evidence could be . .
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Crime
Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.416788
