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(DAR Transcript of Smith Bernal Wordwave Limited 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7404 1400 Fax No: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)
MR R TOLSON QC & MS R VINCENT (instructed by Messrs Gill Akaster, 25 Lockyer Street, Plymouth, PL1 2QW) appeared on behalf of the Appellant. MR G BRAITHWAITE & MR A WARD (instructed by Devon County Council, County Hall Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD) appeared on behalf of the Respondent. ____________________
Her handling of the children was confident. As the judge found in paragraph 22, in all she presented a very positive picture of this family and of the high standard of care given to the children.
So the judge's stark conclusion, as he expressed it, was that J was probably injured whilst in the care of her parents.
He felt it was inappropriate to try to time an event based on the appearance of a�haemorrhage, because in his view, the time could last for weeks, even months. So at best this evidence is neutral.
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