"THERE IS ALREADY DEEP DISQUIET ABOUT THE CASE. TWO JURORS SAID THEY BELIEVE THERE WAS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.
A PROSECUTION WITNESS ALSO EXPRESSED DOUBTS AND KERAN'S HUSBAND IAIN, A FORMER POLICEMAN OF IVER HEATH, IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, WROTE IN THE MAIL ON SUNDAY LAST MONTH THAT THE CONVICTION RELIED SOLELY ON THE CONFLICTING VIEWS OF PAID "EXPERTS"."
REPORTER NICK PRYER; THE DAILY MAIL;
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Some very strong doubts have arisen since Ms. Henderson was convicted and sent to jail.
These doubts are set out in a story which ran in the Daily Mail on March 9, 2008, under the heading, "New medical evidence could clear childminder convicted of shaking 11-month-old girl to death."
"New medical evidence could clear childminder Keran Henderson, who is serving a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of shaking an 11-month-old girl to death," the story by reporter Nick Pryer begins.
"A mother-of-two and a former Scout leader, Keran, 43, has always insisted she did not harm Maeve Sheppard," the story, published in anticipation of the BBC Panorama Investigation on the Henderson case featured in in a previous posting, continues;
"But the jury at her trial last November heard a succession of expert witnesses swear that Maeve suffered injuries to her brain and bleeding in the eyes indicating shaken baby syndrome.
There is already deep disquiet about the case. Two jurors said they believe there was a miscarriage of justice.
A prosecution witness also expressed doubts and Keran's husband Iain, a former policeman of Iver Heath, in Buckinghamshire, wrote in The Mail on Sunday last month that the conviction relied solely on the conflicting views of paid "experts".
But a BBC Panorama investigation will tomorrow reveal new research that suggests the science behind shaken baby syndrome is flawed and that the 15-20 convictions every year involving the diagnosis may be unsafe."
More on these doubts in future postings;
Harold Levy...hlevy15@gmail.com;
