Another nanny cleared of causing baby's death by shaking

[Upwind]

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4402156.ece

"Five weeks after the start of the trial, Mr Justice David Clarke ruled that the medical evidence presented to the jury was insufficient for the court to convict safely. The case has underlined the difficulties of achieving a successful conviction in ?shaken baby? trials, and raised serious questions about whether the Crown Prosecution Service should have proceeded to court.

Mr Justice Clarke told jurors: ?There are no winners in this case. The loss of the parents is incalculable and the defendant herself has been under a cloud of suspicion for a long time, and that cloud will not necessarily lift at once just because the trial is coming to an end.? "

Oh, didn't they? Then that's an example of exactly what I (and others) mean about the way the legal system handles these cases being all wrong and effectively reversing the burden of proof.

SS and the legal system seem to have very short memories and be just as susceptible to fashion and fads as ordinary mortals. Remember when there was all that hysteria about satanic abuse and all those children removed the Orkneys/Cleveland and other places (was Rochdale in that goup)? Now it's MSbP and shaken baby syndrome.

Yes - it strongly suggests that investigation did not start with

"has a crime been committed?"

another reason why i'd rather see my daughters do just about any other legitimate job than nannying, tbh.

I am thinking of childminding.In the country I am in,it is not regulated[you can volunteer to be regulated]I was thinking about installing cameras,do you think that's ott or would you be pleased as a parent?It is to cover myself too,of course.

I'd imagine some parents might be pleased but I'd be horrified, tbh. Seems so intrusive. Hate the thought of my child being on CCTV for 10 hours a day or whatever. Overtones of Big Brother... If I didn't trust a nanny or childminder, why would I leave my child with her anyway?

And I bet if someone was a really nasty piece of work, they'd manage to do whatever it was they were inclined to do anyway, out of sight of the cameras - in the loo/while out in the park with no-one looking/whatever.

I have thought that too Edam[agree with all your points]It is tricky.