Expert who helped convict woman in child killing admits error

Expert who helped convict woman in child killing admits error

  BY RUTH FULLER August 10, 2013 9:56AM

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Updated: August 11, 2013 7:49AM

An expert whose testimony helped convict a woman of the murder of a 16-month-old toddler in her care at a Lincolnshire day care is now admitting he “missed” a pre-existing head injury — a development the woman’s attorneys are arguing should lead to a new trial.

In a surprising revelation, forensic pathologist Eupil Choi said in a sworn affidavit that the boy, Benjamin Kingan, “had suffered an old injury that pre-dated January 14, 2009,” the date of the boy’s death.