After his manslaughter conviction was set aside and a new trial ordered earlier this year, charges against O’Neil Blackett were withdrawn Tuesday. ( Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star ) O’Neil Blackett was convicted in 2001, based largely on evidence from disgraced Sick Kids pathologist Charles Smith. A complication in many wrongful conviction cases involving Smith’s testimony — including Blackett’s — is that the accused pleaded guilty. When she died, Tamara was wearing a cumbersome cast to repair a broken right femur. They said it could be natural causes but found it was impossible to say how Tamara died.

Source: thestar October 02, 2018 22:32 UTC