Statement from the Angela Cannings Foundation

19/12/07

In light of recent revelations in which serious concerns about the safety of Keran Henderson’s conviction have been raised, The Angela Cannings Foundation, which has supported Keran Henderson since her conviction on the 13th November  2007, makes an appeal to the Lord Chief Justice Lord Philips and the Attorney General Baroness Scotland, to make an exception under the rules governing the courts of this land and grant Keran bail, so that she may be home with her children for Christmas.

The Angela Caninngs Foundation was set up to support and help victims of a miscarriage of justice. It saddens us that we have to make such an appeal in light of the recent high profile cases which were eventually thrown out of court. And yet another innocent person is currently in prison, convicted of the most heinous of crimes, the murder of a child.

We recognise that children are abused and killed at the hands of their parents and carers. However we also recognise that cases that involve complex medical evidence are open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding by members of the jury.

We thank the jury members who have spoken out in this case and we hope that this is the legacy that both Angela and Sally Clark have left behind, that ordinary members of the public that serve on a jury in cases in which they question the outcome will have the tenacity to come forward and say so.

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