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: Died 23 June 2016
Gestation: Triplet, term
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Air into stomach, liver trauma.
Method alleged: Air-in-stomach with blunt liver trauma.
Prosecution experts: Dr Dewi Evans; Dr Sandie Bohin.
Panel: described liver findings compatible with vigorous resuscitation (CPR), not deliberate trauma.
Original post-mortem recorded liver findings characterised by the prosecution as evidence of blunt trauma. Panel re-reading: the described liver findings are compatible with vigorous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which is routine in collapsed term infants who receive prolonged resuscitation, and the published paediatric-resuscitation literature documents subcapsular and parenchymal hepatic injury as a recognised CPR sequela in neonates. Triplet-pregnancy context: Baby O was the first of three triplet brothers (siblings of Babies P and Q) to deteriorate in a 48-hour window, with the cohort placental and uterine environment producing shared physiological stressors that elevate decompensation risk in the surviving triplets.
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