Trupti
Pate
Trupti Patel's
was a qualified pharmacist whos son Amar was found dead on 10th of December
1997 at 13 weeks old. Her son Jamie died on 5th of July 1999 aged 15
days old. Her daughter Mia died on 3rd of June 2001 at 22 days old.
Her fourth daughter is a healthy child.
Throughout the
five and a half week trial Trupti Patel strenuously denied killing any
of the children. Giving evidence on Mrs. Patel’s behalf, a leading
expert in SIDS, Professor Peter Fleming, said all the evidence suggested
the three babies had died because they could not METAbolise properly
and they became very ill, while appearing well. He said he could find
no evidence that they had been smothered or suffocated. Professor Fleming
said in 20 years he had seen 3 other families in which there had been
3 unexplained deaths of babies. ..and the fact there were 3 deaths did
not imply they had been suffocated. "I can find no convincing evidence
that the deaths were caused by applied or imposed injury", he told
the jury. "I can find considerable evidence that points to a METAbolic
disorder ."
Professor Roy
Meadow’s evidence was a key part of the case against Mrs. Patel
and her acquittal on 11th June 2003 after just ninety minutes’
deliberation by the jury helped discredited this leading exponent of
MSbP.
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