A (Death of a Baby), Re

Alison Grief and Michael Edwards (instructed by local authority solicitors) for the Applicant Jo Delahunty QC and Judith Mayhew (instructed by Bretherton Law) for the First Respondent mother Frances Oldham QC and Kate Tompkins (instructed by Tilley and Co.) for the Second Respondent father Alex Verdan QC and Giles Bain (instructed by Lawrence and Co) for the Third Respondent brother Alison Russell QC (instructed by Powell-Spencer and Co) for the Fourth Respondent brother Hearing dates: 24 October to 11 November 2011 ____________________

It seems that there was no significant further examination of the flat after the morning of 12 February. DS L accepted that his evidence to the Coroner, which was to the effect that the walls had been carefully forensically examined, might have somewhat overstated matters.

He felt that the automatic number plate recognition results that showed M's car as being driven at 20.16 and 21.16 were possibly anomalous. Some comment had been made to him by the operators about the accuracy of the system generally, though not to the extent of being hours out. The results would better fit with M's known journey to Tesco two hours later, and it was noted that there had been no sighting of her on that later occasion.

He said that M told him that she could not remember if the twins had been strapped into their chairs

Both parents were co-operative with inquiries. Neither spoke in a blaming way about C.