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A COUPLE who had their child taken from them and then adopted after being wrongly accused of abuse was told yesterday they are “likely never to see their baby again.”
Despite being found not guilty of child cruelty and neglect on Wednesday, Karissa Cox and Richard Carter were told by their lawyer Michael Turner that the chances of regaining custody of their child were slim.
Over three years ago, the first-time parents from Guildford, Surrey took their six-weeks-old to The Royal Surrey County Hospital as the child was bleeding from the mouth.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Investigation reveals NHS maternity services are failing women and babies
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury