In the rush to protect children, 'experts' use junk science to accuse innocent parents (Filed: 13/12/2003) Evidence is growing of disturbing flaws in the way allegations of child abuse are made and then pursued. James Le Fanu and David Derbyshire investigate First there was Sally Clark, then Trupti Patel, and now Angela Cannings. Three women wrongly accused of serial infanticide - one of the most horrendous crimes imaginable. Each prosecution relied on evidence from Sir Roy Meadow, Britain's leading cot-death expert who decided that, on the balance of probability, these mothers had murdered their children. Yet, according to a growing...