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  Shaken Baby Syndrome 21 July 2005  
Does the syndrome exist?

There has been a lot of debate about shaken baby syndrome including the controversial case of the four parents found guilty of harming or killing children in their care because of violent shaking.

 At the centre of their appeals was the evidence of a retired neuropathologist Dr Jennian Geddes who challenged the traditional understanding of shaken baby syndrome. She suggested the injuries could be casued by mild shaking or even by a fall, although she retracted some of her hypothesis in court.

What does it mean for any future cases? Jenni is joined by Wayney Squire, consultant neuropathlogist at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford and Anthony Risden, consultant paediatric pathologist at Great Ormond Street in London.
 
'Shaken baby' convictions quashed


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