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Below are the latest comments received in support of Keran. Please feel free to submit your own by emailing us at support@carers4carers.co.uk

I only recently heard of Keran's case through an old work colleague and friend of hers and so watched last night's panorama with interest.  As I don't know Keran personally, and have a 9 month old daughter of my own, I admit I did watch the programme with not a very open mind.  I've seen cases of this syndrome reported before and automatically assumed the worst.  However, last night's programme really changed my opinion of all previous situations, as well as this one.

I thought the experts for the prosecution, whilst staunch in their beliefs, really did contradict themselves on more than one occasion - particularly over the findings of the bio mechanics.  I realise that awful things do happen to children, everyday, but it seems that on this occasion it was not like that
 
Whilst it can't have been an easy programme for anyone connected to Keran to watch, as a 'neutral' I have to say it must have done her case a lot of good, and I know I certainly believe she is innocent as a result of watching that programme.  I can't imagine what she's gone through, or will continue to experience once she has been acquitted, but I truly hope that she and her family find peace soon.  I have spread the word at my workplace along with this website, and encouraged people to donate, and so hope to see good news in the press very soon for you all.

I am fairly new to this story having only just been introduced to it by last nights programme.

I worked as assistant to John Batt on the Sally Clark case for 4 years and was really shaken when I saw how exactly like Sally's case this was.

At what point are the legal powers that be going to learn?  Sally's case was a terrible miscarriage and now it appears to be happening again.  It terrifies me for my own children bearing me grandchildren, as it is in the lap of the gods as to what may or may not happen.

I don't know if it would interest you but there is a wealth of information about campaigns like this in the Book that John Batt wrote called "Stolen innocence" which follows the story from beginning to end and how our campaign was launched to get this to the media and experts alike with great success.  There area number of expert contacts in this book.

Like many others I watched the Panorama programme last night and once again was shocked at how Keran could have been convicted when there is such conflicting evidence that Shaken Baby Syndrome even exists! 

It has always been clear Keran Henderson is innocent and the programme did also highlight the number of parents who support her and would still never hesitate to place their child in Keran's care- which I believe speaks far louder than the 'experts' who are not even willing to consider Shaken Baby Syndrome is scientifically flawed.

Good luck with the appeal- justice will I am sure prevail.

I watched the Panorama programme tonight and all I can say is how sorry I am that you and your family have been put through this by narrow minded doctors and an inadequate judiciary system.

The system is seriously flawed if it takes medical science as firm proof. Doctors don't know all the inner workings of our bodies, the subtleties of what goes on; otherwise they'd be able to manage a lot more serious and chronic illness than they do.

They are still making discoveries about how our bodies work and there is still a huge amount that is unknown - they are just scraping the surface. Doctors basic understanding of the human body, of which they're not even in agreement with each other, should not be adequate to lead to the conviction of a woman who spent her time caring for children.

I hope you win your appeal. This is definitely a case of 'beyond reasonable doubt'. All the best to you.

I have just seen Panorama! Our criminal justice system is a complete joke. There never appears to be any guidance on "burden of proof" in our courts.  Ironically, even if Keran is guilty, which I am totally convinced she is NOT, the conviction is a joke! Laughable. How can a jury be "sure" given the complexity of the conflicting scientific evidence.

We've seen enough cases in which it would have been unsafe to hang a cat on the basis of these academics whose scientific knowledge will be old hat in 10, 20 years time. Why don't judges ask "Is it beyond reasonable doubt that scientific knowledge will never change!?" Obviously not. That alone means you cannot find people guilty when scientists disagree. To send people to prison on this basis is an outrage beyond belief. Disgraceful.

I am completely choked that a person can be convicted in the way Keran was. One feel so helpless in challenging our appalling justice system. I suspect that the relatively lenient sentence for the supposed offence reflected the judge's own confidence (or lack of it!) in the jury's ridiculous verdict.

Sorry about the above rant!! Keep your chin up Keran and keep fighting. Right-minded people will support you.

I’m a law student and carrying out a thesis on the miscarriage of justice with baby syndrome cases and looking into your case at the present minute. This is an unsafe conviction like sally Clarke, Angela Cannings and many others. You fight it all the way; I cannot believe this is happening again to another innocent family.

You and your supporters and your legal team, get Keran out! I’m rooting for you!, I live at Brackley not that far from you and my thesis analyses how a change between science and the opinion in evidence for baby shaking syndrome is so insufficient watched Panorama and the Jury!, it beggars belief!.

Please take care Iain and Keran, your leave to appeal and the conviction has to be quashed!  Watching your case with anticipation I’m a first year law student and wish I  could help you!, my fellow students I’ve highlighted the injustice and my law Professor will be seeing my thesis, highlighting you and the Clarkes and the Cannings of this world!.

Keep fighting, regards and best wishes to you both and your family.

As a forensic pathologist with over 40 years experience, I can state that if the only evidence to support a charge of murder was the "triad" of eye and intracranial bleeding,  yet another miscarriage of justice has probably occurred.

I was listening to the 5 live report this morning.  This is, of course a terrible tragedy but I really don't understand why the childminder is to blame.  I may have misheard but I thought that the doctor on the radio said there had probably been bleeding into the brain for about 2 weeks.  In this case, even if baby Maeve's death was as a result of being shaken, isn't it possible that she was shaken by someone else?

It sounds like Keran dealt very well in what must have been a terrible situation; a baby in her care fitting.  Why is she now convicted accused of manslaughter?  Surely an experienced childminder such as this doesn't just "snap"?

Am I missing something obvious?  This conviction seems ludicrous!

I live in Reading, and I have just seen Keran's story on Panorama. I don't know anything about the case apart from what I saw on the programme, but it's certainly a compelling account of what I now believe to be a miscarriage of justice.

I know what it is like to be on the receiving end of a miscarriage of justice - I lost my Dad due to a Road Crash in 2002 and the person responsible was never charged despite the fact that my Dad had been hit at motorway speed in a 40mph limit.

I can only offer my sympathy, my support, and my sincere good wishes to Keran and all of those who support her.

I hope that an appeal is granted and Keran can enjoy freedom soon.

I've just sat and watched the panorama investigation and to say I needed a box of tissues was an understatement. After reading this website I'm now on the second box.

I've watched so many women go to prison on the news for something that they didn’t do, and proved because they were released, it makes me so upset. I had a childminder for my son, and she is the most wonderful person in the world, she was fantastic with my son and a true friend to me. I miss her as my son is now at school, but still we meet up.

Good on you all for keeping up the fight for Keran. I've added you to my favourites and keep checking back for updates.

09/03/08

I don't normally do this type of thing, but I felt compelled to email and add my support after reading some of the articles and the website online.

Having followed some other miscarriages of justice in the press it is clear that expert witnesses are very rarely that, in too many cases their evidence has been found to be wrong.

It seems that there was no motive in Keran's case, and too much contradictory evidence.

It must be horrendous what the family has been through.  I sincerely hope that the appeal is successful and you are allowed to be together as a family once again.  Not forgetting of course that a baby died here, that of course is a tragedy.

07/03/08

I'd like to offer my heartfelt sympathies for Keran and her family I can understand part of what she's been through as I was accused of shaking my son.

At 3 weeks old I took him to the hospital as his temperature was over 40 degrees, whilst at the hospital he developed a huge lump on his neck which I was told was an infected lymph node, he was treated with antibiotics, discharged from the hospital after 3 days, and after a week they said he was clear of the infection.

At five months old he would scream going to bed at night he produced teeth so I put it down to that, after a few days he started to fit and was rushed into hospital once there I was told he had meningitis, they did a CT scan and found bleeding on the brain he was then taken to hospital to the neurosurgical ward, once there I was told that what Aidan had was caused by shaking baby.

After a fortnight cause he wasn't getting any better they tapped his head to see what was in the blood to find he had a coli form infection. He had 3 different stages of bilateral bleeding and retinal haemorrhages. After 3 months the police requested a second opinion to see if they could prosecute, thankfully the second opinion showed that my son had had the coli form infection from at least 3 weeks old if not from birth so SBS was ruled out.

To this day though and my son is now 15 months old they still don't know how he got the infection in the first place as he was a very rare case.

I hope everything turns out for the best and as they say you are only dealt the hand you can handle stay strong and keep your head up