Angela Cannings
Years in prison:
1.5
Year of crime:
1991, 1999
Year conviction was overturned:
2003
Angela Cannings was convicted of the murder of her two sons who died in 1991 and 1999. Her first child Gemma had died of SIDS in 1989. Her conviction was based on claims she had smothered the children and controversial claims about SIDS made by paediatrician Roy Meadow, specifically concerning the unlikelihood of multiple children in a family dying from SIDS. Fresh evidence was introduced on appeal showing a genetic inheritance was the most likely explanation for the deaths.
< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Murder
- Jurisdiction: England & Wales
- County: Hampshire
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: F
- Years in prison: 1.5
- Offence convicted of: Murder
- Year of crime: 1991, 1999
- Year of initial conviction: 2002
- Year conviction was overturned: 2003
- Age when imprisoned: 39
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2004/1.html
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence undermining forensic science
- Compensation: Yes
- Link to compensation: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/six-figure-sum-for-mother-wrongly-jailed-over-cot-deaths-6867407.html
- Crown argued case at CofA: Yes
- Retrial: No
- Previous appeals: Unknown