17 Oct 2024
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Appreciation: Helen Whitwell

The pathologist who inspired Silent Witness.

Helen Whitwell was Britain’s first female professor of forensic pathology and an early challenger of shaken baby syndrome in various court cases. She was the inspiration for the television drama series ‘Silent Witness’, whose writer Nigel McCrery had encountered her when he worked as a police officer.

This article was published in the Times on 2 August 2024.