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R v Cannings [2003] CA Miscarriage of Justice

Thursday 11 December 2003 at 1:26 am | In News | Post Comment

10 December 2003
Angela Cannings had her conviction of the murder of two of her children, seven-week-old Jason in 1991 and 18-week-old Matthew in 1999 overturned by the Court of Appeal because it was unsafe. 

Ms Cannings, 40, a former shop assistant, has lost three children through Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), or cot death. 
SIDS was the cause of death after Ms Cannings’ first child, Gemma, who died at the age of 13 weeks in 1989. 
Ms Cannings has one surviving daughter, who was born in 1996.

News report, here