Father’s name cleared of former pathologist-related conviction
Posted May 4, 2011 4:02 pm.
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Another conviction based on the testimony of former pathologist, Dr. Charles Smith, has been quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal.
A man has been acquitted in the death of his infant son.
It took almost 20 years to clear Richard Brant’s name. His nine-week old son Dustin died in 1993 and Brant spent six months in jail on an aggravated assault conviction.
Brant said he has only one wish for smith.
“I think he needs to go to jail for a little while to see what he put a lot of people through,” Brant said. “He ruined a lot of people’s lives.”
Smith ruled Dustin died of shaken baby syndrome, rejecting a colleague’s determination that the infant died of pneumonia.
Brant has this advice for others still caught up in the court system because of the man who was once considered the best in his field.
“The truth will always come out. Be strong. Never give up.”
