Sally Clark
In November 1999, Sally Clark was convicted of the murder of two of her sons. Her first son had died suddenly within a few weeks of his birth in 1996. After her second son died in a similar manner, she was arrested in 1998 and tried for the murder of both infants. The convictions were upheld at appeal in October 2000.
Marilyn Stowe volunteered her involvement in the case, providing her services free of charge because she felt that "something was not right". She obtained key medical reports, which showed that one of the babies could have died from natural causes. This evidence had been known to the prosecution's pathologist, Alan Williams, since February 1998, but had not been shared with other medical witnesses, police or lawyers. The Clark family's solicitor described Marilyn Stowe as "the woman who's going to get Sally out of prison".
Sally Clark's convictions were overturned in a second appeal on 29 January 2003. The prosecution's pathologist, Alan Williams, was found guilty of "serious professional misconduct" by the General Medical Council.
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