HB v PB

Stephen Jarmain (instructed by Atkins Hope) for the Father (PB) Annmarie Harris (instructed by Amphlett Lissimore) for the Mother (MB) Michael Bailey (instructed by Irvine Thanvi Natas, Solicitors) for the child by his guardian Mark Calway (instructed by the Local Authority Solicitor) for the London Borough of Croydon ____________________

i) Over a number of years, the mother had falsely led the father (and the paternal family) to believe that she was suffering from cancer of the womb, vagina and brain, and had tumours behind her eye and neck, and that (by early 2012) she only had a number of months to live;

ii) From early in OB's life, the mother had falsely led the father (and the paternal family) to believe that OB was suffering from a number of serious medical conditions, including untreatable stomach and bowel problems which may require removal of his bowel and the application of a colostomy pouch;

iii) From early in OB's life, the mother had falsely led the father and the paternal family to believe that OB was lactose intolerant and allergic to over 4,000 foods; she asserted that doctors had advised that OB should not eat solid food;

iv) That the mother had led the father and the paternal grandmother and the paternal aunt to believe that OB may ultimately require a feeding tube and that the paternal grandmother had been informed that OB may die from his medical conditions.