Summary
A JUDGE has hit out at doctors who failed to protect baby Alexis Matheson from repeated, brutal attacks by "devious and deceitful" Mark Simpson.
Simpson, 29, was found guilty of murdering the six-week-old daughter of his former girlfriend at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday.See the full content of this document
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Doctors in the Dock for Murder of Baby Alexis
His attacks left the baby with brain damage and broken ribs, the court heard.
However, the failure of medics to protect Alexis has prompted calls for changes in Scotland's child protection system, in the same way the Baby P case led to changes in the law south of the Border.Lord Uist, who sentenced Simpson to life and at least 20 years in jail, took the unusual step of publicly criticising the care she received at W...See the full content of this document
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