Salt Death Couple Must Face Retrial, Says Court

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A couple jailed for the "salt overdose" killing of a three-year- old boy they planned to adopt protested their innocence yesterday after their convictions were quashed but they were told they must face a retrial.

The Court of Appeal held that, if the jury at the original trial of Ian and Angela Gay had heard fresh evidence suggesting that toddler Christian Blewitt could have died of natural causes as a result of a type of "salt diabetes", the verdict might have been different.

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Salt Death Couple Must Face Retrial, Says Court

The Gays, who had served 15 months of their five-year jail terms for manslaughter, were released on bail pending a retrial later this year.

Ian Gay (39) and his 40-year-old w...

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