Notes: W. Sussex. Baby was accidentaly dropped by father. She later died. Baby was discharged from hospital with a missed skull fracture as no scan or x-ray was taken. Even though the father gave a reason for her injuries, he was charged with murder. 'Damned if you do, damned if you don't.'

Age of mother	23
Racial origin	asian
Employment	unemployed
Age of father	36
Racial origin	asian
Employment	warehouse person
Parents/carer accused of	father SBS
Threat of arrest or arrested	arrested
Any charges brought	gbh, changed to murder
Charges dropped	no
Child on police protection register	n/a
Child on at risk register	n/a
Child taken into care	n/a
Time spent in care	n/a
Child still in care	n/a
Age of child at that time	8 weeks
Sex of child	female
Marital status of parents/carer	married
Age of child now	dead
Initial diagnosis	missed skull fracture
Was diagnosis changed	yes
Outcome	shaken baby syndrome
Type of injury	subdural
Retinal Haemorrhaging	yes
Other injuries	fracture to skul
Skeletal survey	not clear
Operation to drain blood/fluid	no - critically ill
Birth details	normal
Intensive or special care	no
Brain scan taken in special care	n/a
Baby's health before collapse	poor feeder and vomiting
Baby's health on day of collapse	lethargic and poor
Vaccination at time of collapse	unsure
Seizure or stopped breathing	stopped breathing
No. of different medical opinions	2
Full or interim care order	n/a