Another "child welfare" disgrace in Britain

A couple who fled to Ireland to stop their baby being taken into care at birth have won an assurance that they can keep him after doubts were raised over the original evidence that they were guilty of abuse.

Mark and Nicky Webster, 34 and 26, from, Cromer, Norfolk, have waged a legal battle to stop their fourth child being taken from them after expert evidence led to their three elder children being removed and adopted in 2003.

But fears that they would lose their youngest child, Brandon, now 13 months, were finally laid to rest yesterday when Norfolk County Council told a High Court judge in London that it was no longer relying on expert evidence of physical abuse that led to the removal of their other children.

In a hearing expected to last for several days, Mr Justice Holman was told that original evidence had now been challenged by fresh medical opinion. The adoption of their three elder children is irreversible.

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