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the consultant pathologist whose failure to disclose the results of micro biological tests on one of Sally Clark's two baby sons led to the quashing of her murder convictions, lost his High Court appeal last week against a finding of serious professional misconduct. Mrs Clark was convicted in 1999 of kill ing babies Christopher and Harry but was cleared on appeal in 2003 after spending three and a half years in prison. She died earlier this year at the age of 42. A coroner ruled this week that the cause of her death was acute alcohol intoxication. A General Medical Council fitness to practise panel found Dr Williams, aged 58, guilty of serious professional misconduct in 2005 for not disclosing the results of tests on her second son, Harry, at or before her trial. Dr Williams was banned from doing Home Office forensic pathology or coro ners' work for three years, although he was allowed to continue working as a consult ant histopathologist at Macclesfield General Hospital, in Cheshire. His lawyers appealed on a range of issues, including delays in bringing his case before the GMC. But Mr Justice Davis ruled last week, "In my judg ment this appeal fails on essentially every ground ad

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Author

Dyer, Clare

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ; London: BMJ Pub. Group, [2000?]- (ISSN 0959-8138)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)