Bernadette Scully Verdict: GP cleared of killing disabled daughter pleads for help for parents

The GP cleared of killing her profoundly disabled daughter with an overdose of medicine has pleaded for help for other parents who struggle to care for their vulnerable children.

Dr Bernadette Scully walked free from the Central Criminal Court after being found not guilty of the manslaughter of her daughter Emily Barut, 11, who died after being administered large quantities of sedative following a series of unusually severe seizures.

Describing the four years since Emily’s death as “hell”, Dr Scully said she respected the need to investigate what happened to her daughter but hit out at the decision to prosecute her.