Aisling Brady McCarthy: Massachusetts: Columnist says she should be permitted to wait trial out from home pending a re-review of how the 1-year-old child she had been looking after for six months allegedly died, by violent shaking and blunt force trauma at the hands of her caretaker. Columnist Peter Gelzinis points out that: "The “re-review” in the Irish nanny case parallels an eerily similar case when Geoffrey Wilson was charged with the death of his 6-month-old son, Nathan. The same diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was made by Alice Newton, whose assessment of little Rehma formed the basis for McCarthy’s arrest. Eventually in that case, after a host of defense experts concluded that the child suffered from a genetic condition, the medical examiner’s original diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was changed to natural causes." (Must Read. HL);

COMMENTARY:  "Gelzinis: Acccused nanny should be allowed to wait trial out from home, by Peter Gelzinis, published by the Boston Herald on April 28, 2015.

GIST: "The term “re-review” is another way of saying that the initial hyperbolic assessment of how Rehma Sabir allegedly died, by violent shaking and blunt force trauma at the hands of her caretaker, will now be examined in a more clinical light. Perhaps more attention will be paid to the fact that Rehma had a host of medical issues and for several weeks prior to her death had been travelling outside the country with her family and not in McCarthy’s care. The “re-review” in the Irish nanny case parallels an eerily similar case when Geoffrey Wilson was charged with the death of his 6-month-old son, Nathan. The same diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was made by Alice Newton, whose assessment of little Rehma formed the basis for McCarthy’s arrest. Eventually in that case, after a host of defense experts concluded that the child suffered from a genetic condition, the medical examiner’s original diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was changed to natural causes. After more than two years, there’s no reason why Aisling Brady McCarthy should not be able to await her trial — if indeed it happens — at home, rather than in a jail cell."

The entire commentary can be found at:

https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/peter_gelzinis/2015/04/gelzinis_accused_nanny_should_be_allowed_to_wait_out

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