"A doctor who disputed the existence
of "shaken baby syndrome" has been struck off for giving "misleading
and dishonest" evidence in court. Dr Waney Squier, 67, was erased
from the medical register for misleading courts in cases where parents
were accused of killing their children. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) made its decision on Monday. The doctor, who works at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, can appeal. The
consultant neuropathologist acted as an expert witness in six cases,
including the deaths of four babies and a 19-month-old child. She
disputed the existence of shaken baby syndrome - brain trauma caused by
violently shaking an infant - and in each case said the evidence was
not consistent with non-accidental injury and was more likely to be
caused by other means. In its summary, the MPTS said: "You
deliberately and dishonestly misinterpreted, misstated and misquoted
research literature to support your own opinions." The decision
added that her attitude to her colleagues was "shocking, openly
displaying your disdain for their expertise and opinions".
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