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| Doctor misled courts in 'shaken baby' cases | Doctor misled courts in 'shaken baby' cases |
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| A leading doctor who was an expert witness for parents accused of killing their children has been found to have misled courts. | A leading doctor who was an expert witness for parents accused of killing their children has been found to have misled courts. |
| The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruled that Dr Waney Squier had given irresponsible evidence outside her area of expertise. | The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruled that Dr Waney Squier had given irresponsible evidence outside her area of expertise. |
| Dr Squier, based at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, disputed the existence of "shaken baby syndrome". | Dr Squier, based at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, disputed the existence of "shaken baby syndrome". |
| She said she was "devastated" and stands by her evidence. | |
| The MPTS considered her work as an expert witness in six cases where babies were seriously injured or killed as a result of suffering brain injuries. | |
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| 'Misrepresented research' | |
| In each of the cases, Dr Squier, a paediatric neuropathologist, provided a report and gave evidence that the injuries were not consistent with non-accidental injury, or were more likely to have been caused by other means. | |
| But the panel found she misrepresented research to support her views and brought the reputation of her profession into disrepute. | |
| In her evidence, she was "dogmatic, inflexible and unreceptive to any other view" which led her "to misrepresent and 'cherry-pick' from the literature", it said. | |
| Dr Squier said: "I've done my best to give an opinion based on my experience, based on the best evidence I can find to support my view." | |
| She added that it was "backed by many, many people who are cleverer than I am, who are scientists". | |
| She will now face disciplinary action. | She will now face disciplinary action. |
| Panorama: Shaken Babies: What's the Truth? on Monday 14 March at 20:00 GMT on BBC One. |