The mother at the centre of Fractured, Zita, was convicted and imprisoned based primarily on medical evidence from Starship Hospital’s child protection unit. In a major development, her case has now been sent to the Court of Appeal after journalists Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner team made a submission on Zita’s behalf to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates potential miscarriages of justice.

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