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July 2026: Government declines to widen the Thirlwall terms of reference (16 July) · new 100-page insulin report to the CCRC challenging the trial evidence (9 July) · Thirlwall report still expected no earlier than September · inquests relisted to 2027 · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

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Dr Dewi Evans

Lead causation expert at trial

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Main contribution

Provided the principal medical-causation narrative across the indictment, diagnosing air embolism, exogenous insulin and gastric-air administration as mechanisms of harm.

Key claim

Skin-discolouration patterns and gas findings were diagnostic of deliberate harm via intravenous air, insulin administration and air-in-stomach.

Criticism

Methodology rejected by the 14-member Shoo Lee International Expert Panel (Feb 2025). Lee himself states the prosecution misapplied his 1989 paper. A family court judge separately described an unrelated Evans expert report as 'worthless' (2023). Self-referred to Cheshire Police; out of routine NICU practice for over a decade at the time of trial.

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Dr Dewi Evans — biography

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