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·Mr Justice Goss

Sentencing remarks — Child K retrial (5 July 2024)

Sentencing remarks following the Child K retrial verdict of 2 July 2024. The Judge addresses the specific evidence presented at the retrial, including Dr Ravi Jayaram's eyewitness account, and imposes a further whole-life order to run concurrently with the 2023 sentence. Essential reading alongside the Panel's reinterpretation of Child K's ET-tube dislodgement.

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Context

Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Goss following the verdict at the Child K retrial on 2 July 2024. A second whole life order was imposed to run concurrently with the 2023 sentence. The retrial concerned a single count of attempted murder on which the original jury had been unable to agree.

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What to read alongside this

Dr Shoo Lee’s Panel has reviewed Child K’s medical notes and concludes that a dislodged endotracheal tube in a 25-week infant is a routine clinical event. See our Child K evidence page and our summary of Dr Jayaram’s testimony.