BREAKING NEWS: "An opthalmologist under consideration as
an expert witness for the upcoming Massachusetts murder trial of Aisling
Brady McCarthy has said haemorrhages to the eyes of an infant who died
while in Ms McCarthy’s care were consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome. “The
only diagnosis that I can come up with: child abuse in this case,” said
Dr Alex D Levin, a paediatric opthalmologist with a speciality in child
abuse paediatrics who testified in a voir dire hearing in Middlesex
County superior court.........Under
cross-examination, defence attorney David Meier asked Dr Levin about a
notation in his report which asked “Could this be Job’s Syndrome?” “That
is my thought process. I was talking to myself, asking myself a
question that I’d like to have answered,” replied Dr Levin. Such a determination would have to be made in collaboration with review by an immunologist, he said. As of midday the hearing was ongoing. Ms
McCarthy’s defence attorneys were expected to continue to press Dr
Levin so as to raise additional doubts about his conclusions. Middlesex County superior court judge Maureen Hogan has set April 22nd, 2015, for the trial."
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/aisling-brady-mccarthy-hearing-baby-s-injuries-indicated-child-abuse-1.2144406PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
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