BLEEDING that led to a baby’s death was unlikely to have been caused by a rare blood disorder, an expert medical witness claimed.
Speaking at the trial of Joanne Mallinder, who is accused of killing her son, Dr Brian Harding, a consultant neuro-pathologist at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, said the bleeding in baby Jack's skull was most likely caused by head injuries.
He also told a jury that disorders which could have caused the bleed were extremely rare.
Mallinder, 37, is accused of causing the injuries to Jack at their former home in Falcon Avenue, Grays.
The baby, aged three months at the time, suffered brain damage, as well as fractures to his arm, shoulder, thigh bone, knee and right ankle.
He never recovered and died 13 months.
Dr Harding told Basildon Crown Court today: “There are extremely rare cases of blood clotting disorders or metabolic disorders which can produce hemorrhages in the brain.
“But the vast majority of subjural hemorrhages are caused by head injuries of some type.”
Mallinder, now of Leicester Road, Tilbury, denies murder.
The trial continues.
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