Keran Henderson

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By Justice4Maeve

Keran Henderson 42 was convicted of manslaughter of baby Maeve Sheppard on the 13th November 2007 at Reading Crown Court. She now appeals her conviction and commands the maximum media publicity. Justice4Maeve was set up recently and Mr and Mrs Sheppard responded as follows "We would like to say "Thank you" to the person who has set up this blog site. This has given us some comfort to realise not everybody out there will blindly follow the media's coverage and the so called facts given by the Henderson Campaign. We would like to state that the verdict was correct, although the sentence was too light. We also wish to state that we do not align ourselves with Keran's Campaign and we find it highly distasteful that in light of our silence they have taken it upon themselves to publicise that they are running this campaign for ourselves and Maeve".

We would also like to thank everybody for their kind comments to us. Maeve was a beautiful child and she will always be sorely missed.

Maeve4Justice wrote a moving piece following the maximum media publicity for Keran Henderson.

Someone asked me why I got so involved in this case if I had nothing to do with it. I have spoken with many people to do with this case and I have seen people's hurt and anguish. I have been contacted by people who have been though this kind of situation and through it all, the questions still raised themselves in my head. Before I started this site I told myself the story in my own words to see what I believed. Now I am going to tell you the story, in plain words, with no extra facts like the 999 tapes or anything else. Then tell me what you believe:

Let me ask you this?

If you have a child and you left them at home, with me for instance and you trusted me and 5 hours later I rang to say nothing happened but your child was at the hospital. I also forgot to tell you that your child previously had a fit in my care and I never told you. You go to the hospital and the doctors tell you that your child, that was healthy and happy that morning is dying, if this isn't bad enough, it wasn't accidental (these are professional doctors and not just one doctor but many treated your child). You then have to be cleared of any wrongdoing.

Meanwhile I am not even sure what has happened, all I know is your child is sick, in hospital after leaving me but I am to distraught to leave my home or care for any other children. I haven't even been told she is dead yet.

Now it gets worse, you as the parents have to be interviewed and cleared and then I do too (as to find out all the details - this is standard procedure).

But I am not cleared.

Can you imagine what you would be feeling by now?

You as the parent are told from all these doctors and police officers that there are so many symptoms pointing to SBS (a theory many believe not to be true, you probably never even thought of it before but now its your reality). These doctors that have trained for many, many years, who treat children every day tell you that your child's neck is snapped but I told you nothing happened.

How does that add up? Do you believe me or the Doctor?

And then my family and I launch a website which may I add we never ever mention your child's name, we do not need anyone's sympathy, I am telling the truth.

We all go to trial, The experts point out all the scientifically proven facts of why SBS is the cause (while my family and I are berating them on our website but the trial is coming to a close now so I must mention your child's name at least and pass on my condolences - it's been two years and now I do it). You as the parents sit and listen every single day to what happened your child and how in my defence I am a modern day Mary Poppins with a glowing reference. I am found guilty but I don't want to accept this alternative so I launch an appeal.

You have just sat through a trial that 10 people thought I was guilty, you have just heard the Judge tell me I am guilty and you are just about to grieve when all of a sudden your everyday is seeing this appeal.

There is nothing to prove my innocence, only my word and the fact that some place in this country and at some time, some people got other cases wrong and therefore I am going to use that against the system. I am going to drum up enough media support that someone will have to listen, after all everyone reads a story and wants to know the ending. Every Judge and Jury knows this.

But no one has explained to you what happened your child, if I am innocent.

What did I do? Did your child simply fall and accidentally hurt themselves or did I shake her?

You will never know if the media keep spinning a yarn from my side, if I keep getting Jokers to represent me and fooling people into thinking that this is a miscarriage of Justice.

Your child died from massive head injuries, an over-extended neck (snapped), blind, bleeding of the brain and eyes, a haemorrhage (all consistent with SBS), she lay in a morgue for 2 months while doctors did tests to rule out anything other than SBS and yet I still say I am innocent.

Now what do you believe? Should I be free to go home to my children?

Related Links

1. Justice4Maeve

2. Keran Henderson Case

3. Times Online Child Minder Keran Henderson Jailed

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