How a Top Doctor I'd Never Met Used a Vet's Report to Take My Children From Me ; As Professor David Southall Prepares to Answer Charges of Misconduct One Mother Tells the Harrowing Story of How He Branded Her a Child Abuser and Tore Her Family Apart

Evening Standard - London › April 06, 2004

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IT ALL began innocently with a joyful trip to the local dog breeder.

Andrea and Paul Colley's eldest daughter, Jane, was turning six, and for her birthday, they were buying her the present of her dreams - a cuddly, black Labrador puppy.

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How a Top Doctor I'd Never Met Used a Vet's Report to Take My Children From Me ; As Professor David Southall Prepares to Answer Charges of Misconduct One Mother Tells the Harrowing Story of How He Branded Her a Child Abuser and Tore Her Family Apart

Jane could barely contain her excitement as, flanked by her younger sister and brother, she cradled her new companion - instantly given the name Jake - and carried him into their home. It was a momentary portrait of suburban bliss. For nobody could have predicted the grisly events that would happen next - or the dire consequences for each member of the family.

Jake died mysteriously five weeks later after showing no signs of illness. A second Labrador puppy, bought to replace Ja...

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