Why I denied shaken baby syndrome
Pathologist Waney Squier was struck off after challenging the evidence in child abuse cases. Now reinstated, she talks about her battle
AUTHOR
Helen Rumbelow
PUBLISHER
The Times
DATE
November 16, 2016
Amid the photos of Waney Squier’s daughters and grandchildren at her Oxford home are congratulation cards. This doctor had the courage — some say the foolhardiness — to question “shaken baby syndrome” and she paid a heavy price.
An eminent pathologist, one of the world’s foremost experts in babies’ brains, she was struck off the medical register in March. Yet her supporters are thrilled that this decision was overturned by a High Court judge this month. After more than six years of legal battle Squier is now left to pick up the pieces and clear her name.
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