May 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry report delayed to at least September 2026 · six-baby inquests relisted to 2027 · CCRC review active · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.
Outcome: Survived
Gestation: Haemophilia carrier, late preterm
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Airway interference / injection.
Method alleged: Airway interference or injection.
Prosecution experts: Dr Dewi Evans; Dr Sandie Bohin.
Panel: symptoms consistent with underlying bleeding disorder.
No fatal outcome — no post-mortem (survivor). Clinical record documents Baby N's haemophilia carrier status — a material pre-existing bleeding disorder that substantially affects the differential diagnosis for any bleeding event. The prosecution's airway-interference / injection theory does not engage the haemophilia context adequately: an infant with a pre-existing bleeding disorder will bleed from routine clinical interventions (suction, intubation attempts, blood sampling) in a pattern that can be mistaken for traumatic or deliberate injury if the haemophilia context is not fully factored in. Vitamin K deficiency bleeding is a separate live differential in the neonatal context.
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