- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday July 13 2005 13.42 BST
The senior paediatrician whose expert testimony helped wrongly convict Sally Clark for the murder of her two baby sons, gave "erroneous" and "misleading" evidence in her trial, the General Medical Council ruled today.
Professor Sir Roy Meadow failed in his duty as an expert witness to explain the limited relevance of his findings, a fitness-to-practise panel sitting in London said.
The paediatrician told Ms Clark's 1999 trial that the chance of two babies dying of cot death within an affluent family was "one in 73 million".
But the panel ruled that some of his evidence was not balanced and was erroneous in parts.
The GMC now has to decide whether Professor Meadow's actions amount to serious professional misconduct which could lead to him being struck off the medical register.
That decision is not expected until Friday once mitigating evidence has been heard.
Professor Meadow denies serious professional misconduct.
