STORY:" Woman convicted of killing child in 1982 granted day parole," by Canadian Press reporter Paolo Loriggio, published on July 3, 2016.
SUB-HEADING: "Amina Chaudhary maintains she is innocent of 1982 slaying of ex-lover’s 8-year-old nephew."
PHOTO CAPTION: "Disgraced former Toronto pathologist Dr. Charles Smith testified at Amina Chaudhary's murder trial. A search for autopsy photos he said showed damage to Rajesh Gupta's head has drawn a blank."
GIST: "An
Ontario woman who started a family with another inmate and earned two
degrees while serving a life sentence for killing a child has once again
been given a taste of freedom, though it may be short-lived. Amina
Chaudhary, 54, was granted day parole and released to a halfway house
last month, but ongoing efforts to have her deported may mean she’ll be
detained by immigration authorities. Chaudhary
was convicted in 1984 of killing her former lover’s 8-year-old nephew
but maintains her innocence to this day. She’s now seeking a ministerial
review of her case after an unsuccessful appeal and judicial review.........At her June hearing, she once again denied carrying out the killing but refused to name the person she believes is responsible. Prosecutors
maintained a thirst for revenge led Chaudhary to slay eight-year-old
Rajesh Gupta, who was left in her care while his uncle, her ex-lover,
travelled to India for an arranged marriage to another woman. Gupta
was strangled in February 1982 with the drawstring cord of his ski
jacket hood, packed in a cardboard box and dumped in a remote section of
east Toronto where the former couple used to meet. Chaudhary
has said that she was pregnant and recovering from an arm wound at the
time and would not have been able to kill a struggling boy in her
weakened state. At her trial, however,
now-disgraced pathologist Charles Smith testified that autopsy photos
showed damage to Gupta’s skull indicating the boy had been knocked out
before he was murdered. Attempts to find the photos and have them re-examined came to a dead end, stalling efforts to have Chaudhary’s case reopened. Her case has been taken on by the Innocence Project at York University’s Osgoode Hall."
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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/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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