Radiologist testifies in British murder case

A radiologist in England testified in a trial of a woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter that the girl’s injuries were consistent with those commonly seen in high-speed car crashes, according to a report by September 10 from the BBC.

Owen Arthurs, PhD, was called as an expert witness in the trial of Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, the mother, and Scott Jeff, 24, both of whom deny killing the girl, the report said.

“The speed you need in a traffic accident to break a jaw is a high impact – so a car going 110 km per hour versus 16 km per hour,” Arthurs said.

An article from October 9 in The independent reported that the girl was found in the bathroom of a temporary housing unit in Ipswich on June 30, 2023, and the cause of death was given as “bone marrow embolism caused by skeletal trauma.”

Arthurs is professor of radiology at University College London and consultant pediatric radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital.