Convicted by Numbers & A Miscarriage of Justice / The Case of Sally Clark - Part 2

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4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO SEASON 3 - EPISODE 21 FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE.

Sally Clark had been arrested and charged with murdering two of her sons. Sally was adamant she was innocent, but a magistrate at a committal hearing believed there was enough evidence to go to trial... (Part 2 of 2).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 3, Episode 22 of They Walk Among us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:22.8	This is part two of a two-part story.
0:26.8	Please listen to Season 3, Episode 21 for more details on this case.
0:35.9	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
0:50.0	Sally Clark had been arrested and charged with murdering two of her sons.
0:55.5	Sally was adamant she was innocent, but a magistrator to commit a hearing believed there was enough evidence to go to trial.
1:20.8	The trial started in October 1999 at Chester Crown Court and Mr Justice Harrison presided over the case.
1:23.7	It was expected to last three weeks.
1:30.4	Robin Spencer QC, acting on behalf of the prosecution, told the jury that both of Sally Clark's sons had been killed by their mother. It was alleged that Christopher was smothered to death
1:36.3	on December 13, 1996, while his father Stephen Clark was away from home attending a Christmas party.
1:46.4	The prosecution also believed that Harry was either smothered or shaken to death 13 months later in January 1998. Robin Spencer
1:54.1	QC believed the similarities in each case couldn't be put down to pure coincidence. Christopher and Harry were at a similar age when they
2:02.6	died, 11 and 8 weeks respectively. They had both been found unresponsive by Sully around 9.30 p.m.
2:10.5	after they had been fed. They were both discovered by Sully in the same bedroom. Steve was either
2:16.5	away or due to go away in connection with his work,
2:19.9	and in each case there was evidence consistent with abuse.
2:24.6	The prosecutor told the jury that the children's mother had reached the end of her tether
2:29.4	and said her actions struck at the very core of everything natural and wholesome in the relationship
2:34.8	between mother and child. The court was then played the 999 calls made on the evenings
2:41.2	that the babies died. Dr. Alan Williams, who spoke on behalf of the prosecution and carried
2:50.8	out post-mortems on both infants,
2:53.1	told the court that he considered that neither Christopher or Harry died as a result of natural causes.
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