A call by F.A.C.T. women members for the impact of false allegations of child abuse on women and their families to be given more attention has resulted in F.A.C.T. planning a national Awareness Day on Tuesday 27th March. This will involve vigils taking place in various locations in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland as well as in Australia. We are grateful to all those people who have declared their support for this initiative.

Not to be confused with the above there will also be  a parliamentary lobby for parents who have been victims of miscarriages of justice and inappropriate prosecutions are planning a lobby of MPs on Wednesday 28th Match at the Houses of Parliament. This lobby has been arranged by John Hemming MP Chairman for Justice for Families and will be attended by Bill Bache, the legal advisor. 

Ian and Angela Gay, Angela Cannings and Marianne Williams have agreed to come to jointly lobby MPs on 28th March to call for changes in procedure and an end to false prosecutions of parents.

Bill Bache, the legal advisor, said, "If a Doctor does not know why a child has died then they should say that. They should not point the finger at parents merely because the cause of death is unclear."

John Hemming MP said, "There is a systematic problem in the operation of justice in both the criminal and family courts. The whole system needs an overhaul."

Note:
Ian and Angela Gay were recently acquitted in a retrial where they were alleged to have poisoned their adopted son with salt and also shaken him.

Angela Cannings was released after being falsely imprisoned for the death of two of her children who died from SIDS.

Marianne Williams was acquitted in late 2006 when the doctor treating her son who died blamed her for poisoning him with salt.