Baby Syndrome Dept: His wife battled a brain tumour, his five-week-old son Gaurov died inexplicably and Kumar suddenly found himself charged with murder, thanks to a medical opinion from now-discredited pathologist Charles Smith that the child died from shaken baby syndrome, according to The Star. Ontario s attorney general is conceding his conviction for criminal negligence in connection with Gaurov s death should be quashed, which is expected to happen Jan. 17 when the case comes before the Ontario Court of Appeal and from the time he set foot in Canada 20 years ago, Dinesh Kumar s life has been a near-continuous series of ordeals. Now Kumar, a 44-year-old immigrant from the Punjab, has received some good and bad news. As
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