Facts

This section has been created in an attempt to provide some substance to show why we know Keran is innocent.

This was originally intended for a new website for Keran that is due online shortly, but with all the increased media attention in the last few weeks, we thought it important to make sure that the facts are there for all to see along with all of the messages of support.

•Maeve visited her GP six times between October 2004 and January 2005

•Maeve’s grandmother stated in court that she had been worried about Maeve since before Christmas

•In December 2004 Maeve’s GP asked for her to be referred to Wexham Park Hospital due to persistent illness. The appointment was never taken up

•Keran only had care of baby Maeve for 14 days over a 5 week period

•During the first week Maeve was to be with Keran she was taken to her GP on three occasions

•In the week commencing 14th February Maeve was taken to hospital on three occasions

•On the 15th February Maeve had her first seizure. Her eyes rolled back and she went floppy. Keran sought medical advice from her doctor and took Maeve to hospital

•On the 24th February Maeve had her second seizure. Again her eyes rolled back and she went floppy. Keran’s husband Iain was present and helped revive her by drip feeding water into her mouth. Maeve was collected straight away by her father. She was taken to hospital later that evening.

•The third seizure resulted in Keran calling an ambulance. Keran carried out first aid and was advised by a paramedic who attended the scene that Keran’s actions had, “saved the baby’s life.”

•In the 999 tape played as evidence in court you can hear that the children in Keran’s care were playing normally in the background. Keran had sat them on the stairs where she could keep them in sight while she attended to Maeve. If they had just witnessed Keran 'snap' and lose her temper would they be sitting happily playing?

•A five year old child who witnessed the final seizure has described Keran’s attempts to give resuscitation but mentioned nothing to indicate that Keran lost her temper

•There is no one who has ever seen Keran lose her temper and particularly with any of the children that have been in her care. She has run Beaver sessions with up to forty boys aged between 6 to 8 years and has never lost her temper.

•Two of the jurors have come out publicly to state that the medical opinions were difficult to understand and contradictory.

•They have also suggested that because there were so many medical opinions the feeling was that the medical opinions must be right which is emerging to be far from the case.

•Waney Squier the prosecution witness who saw Maeve at the Radcliffe Hospital has subsequently said:

“Even if you believe in shaken baby syndrome, this case does not have features to support this diagnosis. The features are far more in keeping with the baby having an older head injury and an event occurring to cause her to collapse and die. I do not know what that event was, but I am not at all sure that it was shaking. What is missing in the evidence was proof that she had been shaken, and shaken violently enough to cause the brain damage.”

•Keran’s only medical witness (Professor Philip Anslow) gave evidence (not an opinion) that the bridging veins were intact and that there was no bruising to the front or the back of the brain. A fact that was disregarded or perhaps lost in the mass of contradictory opinions expressed by the prosecution.

•The prosecution medical witnesses actually gave opinions which contradicted each other during the trial also a fact that seems to have been overlooked in the mass of opinions used by the prosecution.

•The judge’s comments on sentencing were not typical in fact they were mild for such a serious case. He did not allow the impact statement to be read. It could be inferred that he did not think that Keran had committed the offence that she was charged with.

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During the police investigation only three parents of the other children in Keran’s care were contacted with regards to speaking to their children.

The first parent said, “I am not happy about you speaking to my son as it was so long ago, but if it will help you can”
No further contact was made by the police

The second parent took the call but advised that she was on holiday at the time and could not assist straight away.
No further contact was made by the police

The Third parent advised that her son was not present during any of the three seizures
No further contact was made by the police

There were two further parents who were not contacted at all by the police

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Medical Experts

In an English court of law a person should not be convicted if there is reasonable doubt. If even prosecution witnesses contradicted each other how is this not reasonable doubt?

SBS is an unproven medical theory that is not allowed in American courts and is being reviewed in Canada. Did the jury get told this?

Medical experts are directed by the prosecution as to which elements of the triad they want used. Did the jury know this?

Keran’s defence team only used one expert plus 14 character witnesses as the evidence given by the character witnesses should have carried equal weight in court with the jury

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The case given against Keran was circumstantial as:

SBS is not a proven medical condition
There were no witnesses found by the police to suggest Keran shook Maeve
Keran has long nails but managed to grip and shake Maeve without leaving marks?

Do people realise that the police had no real evidence to suggest anyone could have done this? They chose Keran and then spent over two years making the evidence fit. Had there been another adult present at the third siezure who would the police have charged?

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But perhaps the most tragic fact in all of this is that a young baby died and is no longer with those that love her.