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Camille San Lazaro
has had to leave her posts at Newcastle
University and the city’s Royal Victoria
Infirmary pending an inquiry into her
involvement in false allegations of abuse at a
local nursery school.
Her suspension
comes after a High Court hearing this year at
which two former nursery workers, Christopher
Lillie and Dawn Reed, were each awarded £200,000
in libel damages after they were wrongly branded
as paedophiles in a report commissioned by
Newcastle City Council that drew heavily on Dr
San Lazaro’s opinions.
She examined 53
children at the council-run Shieldfield Nursery
and concluded that several showed signs of
sexual or other abuse. During the High Court
case, however, she admitted that there were
inaccuracies in her report and that she had
given exaggerated accounts to the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Board after acting as an
“advocate” to help parents with claims.
Dr San Lazaro, a
paediatrician for more than 30 years, was
appointed OBE in 1999 for services in the care
of sexually abused
children.
November 21,
2002
Doctor
in abuse case allegations
suspended
A LEADING consultant
paediatrician has been suspended from clinical
practice and is to be investigated by the
General Medical Council over her role in a child
abuse scandal.
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