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Convenor of the 14-member International Expert Panel that reviewed the medical evidence for every indicted count. Lead author of the 1989 air-embolism paper cited by the prosecution.
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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Chair, International Expert Panel (Feb 2025)
Convenor of the 14-member International Expert Panel that reviewed the medical evidence for every indicted count. Lead author of the 1989 air-embolism paper cited by the prosecution.
The skin signs described at trial do not match the findings in his own 1989 paper. The Panel found no medical evidence of deliberate harm in any case reviewed.
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Cross-reference on the main experts conflict-map page.
Post-conviction medical experts.