A British doctor who has been an expert defence witness for parents accused of killing their children has been found guilty of charges including giving misleading evidence in court The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said that waney Squier, a pathologist at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK, had failed to work within the limits of her competence, failed to be objective, and failed to heed the views of other experts. The MPTS examined her conduct during six child abuse cases and one appeal. Squier is one of several researchers who have challenged a long-standing belief that a trio of head injury symptoms provide unequivocal evidence of abusive behaviour. Squier has argued that the symptoms can have innocent causes, such as choking.
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