Chana Al-Alas and Rohan Wray: This case, which we have been following, is referred to in a Daily Mail story on over-zealous social agencies who are accused of removing children from their parents permanently without considering other medical explanations for the child's fractures, such as 'rickets.' (Must Read). HL);

 STORY: "I took my baby daughter to the doctor for a routine check but they snatched away to be adopted," says mother who fled to Spain to have her second child in secret," by reporter Sarah Bridge, published by the Daily Mail on January 13, 2017:

GIST: "It is every parent's worst nightmare, a routine trip to the doctor which ends up with your child being taken away from you - forever. Jill McCartan's daughter Alyssa was just a few weeks old in early 2010 when her mother noticed a swelling on her arm. Concerned, Jill took her to her GP who said that it appeared the baby had a tiny fracture on her arm. While the doctor said the baby didn't seem to be in any pain, she referred her just in case to the hospital for X-rays.  To Jill's shock and horror, the hospital found three more fractures, one on each leg and one on her rib. Social workers were called in and 10-week old Alyssa was taken into care, even though Jill's mother Debbie had offered to look after her. After a legal process, the Family Court ordered that baby Alyssa was to be adopted, meaning that her family cannot see her again until she is 18......... After missing horrific cases of child abuse like that of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P, and Daniel Pelka, there are now fears that social workers might be going too far in the other direction and taking away the children of innocent parents. The Panorama investigation found that what might be interpreted by doctors and social workers as symptoms of child abuse, could be explained by something entirely different.  An alternative explanation of what could be causing fractures emerged in a court case last year.  Baby Jayden Wray died in 2009 and his parents Chana Al-Alas and Rohan Wray, then just 16 and 19, were charged with murder after he was found to have suffered from multiple fractures. However examinations carried out after his death carried out by the pathologists found that Jayden had suffered from rickets, caused by low levels of vitamin D, which had caused the fractures. X-rays had failed to detect the rickets while Jayden was alive and his parent's second child Jayda had been taken away from them at birth. They only got their daughter back last year when all charges against them were dropped and Jayda was 18 months old......... John Hemming MP, is now urging parents suspected of child abuse to flee the country rather than face justice in the Family Courts 'because you can't rely on the evidence being fair'. Hemming, chairman of the Justice for Families campaign group, said he has been contacted by hundreds of parents who claim they have been unfairly targeted by social services. He tells Panorama that he believes parents cannot expect a fair hearing when the Family Courts decide whether their children should be taken into care. 'All the cards are held by the local authority. It has large resources to fight the cases, it does all the assessments,' the Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley said. 'My advice to people if they can afford it is just to go abroad. You can't get a fair trial here, because you can't rely on the evidence being fair. It's best simply to go if you can, at the right time, lawfully.'

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2538595/I-took-baby-daughter-doctor-routine-check-took-away-adopted-says-distraught-mother-fled-Spain-second-child-secret.html PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case. I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located  near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html

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