'We found out about it almost by accident, hidden away in a huge pile of papers.' In a Radio Four programme last night, Mr Clark said he was astonished that the file, from the Macclesfield Hospital in Cheshire, had not been disclosed to the defence during his wife's trial. He examined every line until he found the results of blood and tissue tests ordered by Home Office pathologist Alan Williams. The new evidence was discovered while he was searching through more than 1,000 pages of hospital files. He is now bringing up the couple's three-year-old son, who may not be named for legal reasons, and has moved to be near his wife, who is serving her life sentence in Bulwood Hall prison in Essex. The 37-year-old was found guilty at Chester Crown Court in November 1999.Д«ut Mr Clark, a solicitor at a City law firm, has always maintained his wife's innocence.

'The two convictions stand or fall together and we believe we now have compelling evidence of Sally Clark's innocence,' he added.ДЄt Clark's first appeal three judges upheld her double murder conviction for smothering both babies at the family's ВЈ250,000 home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. If Harry died naturally it would also weaken the case against Clark over the death of her 11-weekold son Christopher.Д¬hristopher was originally thought to have died of respiratory disease, but suspicions were raised about his mother's involvement after Harry died the following year.Д¬lark's solicitor Mike Mackey said he hoped the appeal could be heard this year. The files are said to show that Clark's eight-week- old son Harry had a lethal bacterial infection, which could explain many of the postmortem findings which otherwise point to smothering as the cause of death. The new evidence was contained in hospital files which her defence team did not know existed until recently. 'We are confident that compelling new evidence, which reveals a natural cause of death but which was withheld from the defence at the trial, will clear Sally's name.' Mr Clark said: 'We are delighted and believe that one of the worst miscarriages of justice of the past decade will now be remedied. The fresh information, which was unearthed by her husband Stephen Clark, is said to show that one of her sons could have died a natural death.

Sally Clark, the solicitor convicted of murdering two of her baby sons, yesterday took a major step in her campaign to prove her innocence.ДЄfter examining new medical evidence, the Criminal Cases Review Commission announced it would refer her case back to the Court of Appeal.

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