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| Woman freed from jail after conviction for killing toddler son is quashed | Woman freed from jail after conviction for killing toddler son is quashed |
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| A woman convicted of murdering her toddler son is to be freed from jail after her conviction was quashed. | A woman convicted of murdering her toddler son is to be freed from jail after her conviction was quashed. |
| Kimberley Hainey, 38, from Paisley, had her murder conviction overturned on Wednesday because evidence in her case was deemed to be flawed by judges at the court of criminal appeal in Edinburgh. | Kimberley Hainey, 38, from Paisley, had her murder conviction overturned on Wednesday because evidence in her case was deemed to be flawed by judges at the court of criminal appeal in Edinburgh. |
| A second charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice was quashed on Thursday. | A second charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice was quashed on Thursday. |
| Hainey was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years on 15 December 2011 at the high court in Glasgow for the murder of her son Declan. | Hainey was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years on 15 December 2011 at the high court in Glasgow for the murder of her son Declan. |
| The child's body was mummified when it was discovered in March 2010 when he would have been 23 months old. He was last seen alive when he was 15 months old. | The child's body was mummified when it was discovered in March 2010 when he would have been 23 months old. He was last seen alive when he was 15 months old. |
| Hainey's legal team launched an appeal against her conviction on the grounds that crucial evidence against her was flawed. | Hainey's legal team launched an appeal against her conviction on the grounds that crucial evidence against her was flawed. |
| Lord Clarke, sitting with Lord Mackay of Drumadoon and Lord Drummond Young, found that there had been a miscarriage of justice. | Lord Clarke, sitting with Lord Mackay of Drumadoon and Lord Drummond Young, found that there had been a miscarriage of justice. |
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