ap hy loc oc cus ▁a ure us ▁in fection ▁that ▁had ▁spread ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁child ' s ▁c ere bro sp inal ▁fluid . ▁ ▁Clark ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁after ▁three ▁jud ges ▁qu ashed ▁her ▁conv ict ions ▁in ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁App e al ▁in ▁London , ▁but ▁suffering ▁from ▁cat ast roph ic ▁tra uma ▁of ▁the ▁experience , ▁she ▁later ▁died ▁from ▁alco hol ▁poison ing . ▁ ▁M ead ow ▁was ▁involved ▁as ▁a ▁pro sec ution ▁witness ▁in ▁three ▁other ▁high - profile ▁cases ▁resulting ▁in ▁moth ers ▁being ▁imprison ed ▁and ▁subsequently ▁cleared ▁of ▁wrong do ing : ▁T rupt i ▁Pat el , ▁Ang ela ▁C ann ings ▁and ▁Don na ▁Anthony . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Lord ▁How e , ▁the ▁O pp osition ▁sp okes man ▁on ▁health , ▁accused ▁M ead ow ▁of ▁invent ing ▁a ▁" theory ▁without ▁science " ▁and ▁ref using ▁to ▁produce ▁any ▁real ▁evidence ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁M unch aus en ▁synd rome ▁by ▁proxy ▁actually ▁exists . ▁It ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁distinguish ▁between ▁the ▁act ▁of ▁harm ing ▁a ▁child , ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁easily ▁verified , ▁and ▁mot ive , ▁which ▁is ▁much ▁harder ▁to ▁verify ▁and ▁which ▁F DI A ▁tries ▁to ▁explain . ▁For ▁example , ▁a ▁care g iver ▁may ▁wish ▁to ▁harm ▁a ▁child ▁out ▁of ▁mal ice ▁and ▁then ▁attempt ▁to ▁conce al ▁it ▁as ▁ill ness