• 95% of ‘shaken baby syndrome’ cases are proven
• up to 200 children die each year from ‘shaken baby syndrome’
• in the very young infants, deliberately inflicted injuries to the head are believed to be the most common form of death

The recent conviction of registered childminder, Helen Stacy, and the impending trial of the Australian nanny has again brought the subject of child abuse specifically in the area of head injury into the news headlines again. We would like to show the other side of the coin, when parents and carers are wrongly accused of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Undetected Birth Trauma
144 families in the UK and 47 families in the US have now contacted us with similar stories, in relation to Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), since we went public with our case.

Misdiagnosis - Missed Cot Death
Grandparents and mother accused of shaken baby syndrome after baby suddenly died in the grandfathers arms. Cot death (SIDS) was proved after a post mortem. Ironically the death of the baby in this case freed the family - had she not died then the mother, sister and grandparents would have been charged with attempted murder.

Infection
A registered childminder and parents of a baby aged 8 months were also wrongly accused of ‘shaken baby syndrome, when the baby collapsed and stopped breathing. Our case prompted the police to drop charges against them.

Undiagnosed Vaccine Damage
Baby died suddenly on day that it received a vaccination. Mother was charged with murder by shaking. Pathologist admitted he did not know what had killed the baby - yet SBS was diagnosed. Mother is pregnant again and is due in court. Baby will be removed at birth.

British families are being wrongly accused of inflicting brain injury on their children. They have been arrested and charged with ‘shaken baby syndrome’ - causing brain injury by shaking their baby - only to be completely exonerated after a nightmare ordeal.

However, medical experts believe that even with the above statistics, mistakes are being made and people wrongly accused. It still leaves the question over what happens to the 5% of cases that are innocent of ‘shaken baby syndrome’ - hence our name ‘The Five Percenters’.