It's funny how Davey and Roy Boy's names are often used in the same breath, sentence, paragraph, whatever, when in reality there is no common denominator except MSbP.
When Meadow was struck off at the GMC we all fell of our seats in shock, stopping him from being an expert witness yes, but struck off, no, not for that case, many others where real harm had been done yes, it was not a striking off offence, it was an offence that warranted sanctions particularly when it was poor defending that was at the heart of the problem, all Roy did was what most prosecution experts do, chanced it, tried his luck in an area outside of his expertise, what did the defence do ... NADA, nothing, zilch, they let him say it all unchallenged.
Now the confusion starts when Roy and Davey are uttered in the same breath because folks this is h9ow it really is.
All the parents that Roy ever interviewed stated he was polite and charming
All the parents Southall bothered to interview (which were very few) found him rude, intimidating and accusatorial
Roy actually did some outstanding work in his early career, bringing child abuse in the home to everyone's attention, went a bit loopy after 1977 and wreaked havoc, however there was some good done at the beginning. Mummy would have been so proud to a point!
Davey right from the go get was busy experimenting on and harming babies to see if he could find the Holy Grail, the cause of SIDS at all costs.
Roy was found guilty of SPM for misleading the court (really bad lawyering I do have to say)
David was found guilty of SPM for, his appalling behaviour towards Mrs M, breaking patient confidentiality child H, creating, storing and then hiding files marked SC which contained original medical records, not to be found elsewhere in the child's records and then nicking 2,500 of them from Royal Brompton (all 4,500 cases not just the four at the GMC) and taking them up to Stoke - how does that compare in any way with what Roy was found guilty of???
So you see, everyone's running around thinking that because they got it wrong with Roy, then the panel were also wrong about Davey, despite the vast differences in the case, PACA et al have canonised Meadow and Southall, making them into the martyrs of child protection, squawking about how dangerous the world would be for children without their input, how child protection is in tatters because of the likes of me, yet the child homicide index indicates that child murders remain at the same level they were 30 years ago, taking into account population growth, which effectively means that it is the child protectors who have failed to do their jobs in not getting those figures down.
But that's OK believe the myth, believe the fantasy world that has been created, do not bother yourselves with discomfort of thought, have the opinion, the very same opinion that will be blown out of the water.
Mark my words, because anyone that thinks the 30th of March will be a walk in the park, with St David swathing a path through the justice system will have many hours afterward to ponder why it was they believed the myth and voiced the opinion without the discomfort of any thought at all and good riddance to the lot of them I say!
