Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Colman (Labour), on Friday, 13 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.

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PROFESSOR SIR ROY MEADOW

That this House notes that Professor Sir Roy Meadow gave pivotal expert evidence in the murder trial of Sally Clark, who was subsequently cleared by the Court of Criminal Appeal; further notes that Professor Meadow discovered Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and might therefore be expected to diagnose that syndrome more readily than other, more sceptical experts; deplores the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to field Professor Meadow in the trial of Trupti Patel; and calls for an urgent review of all cases in which Professor Meadow has given evidence, including those in the Family Court.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1413 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Criminal proceedings Evidence Family courts Trials Meadow, Roy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk