The news follows the quashing by the Court of Appeal of convictions oftwo people jailed for manslaughter and grievous bodily harm of babies intheir care.
A third man had his sentence reduced from murder to manslaughter, whilea fourth man's conviction was upheld.
Defence lawyers had argued research meant the triad of injuries whichpoint to shaken baby syndrome could be explained by other causes.However, judges stressed the appeals had been decided on the individualfacts.
Detective Superintendent John Fox, infant death lead for the Associationof Chief Police Officers, said "biased publicity" had failed tohighlight the key point - the court's upholding of the scientificconsensus on the issue. He feared this would lead police, prosecutorsand doctors to believe it was not possible to prosecute on shaken babycases.
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