Kidney problems 'could have caused baby's high salt level'

A consultant who cared for a 15-month-old boy who was allegedly poisoned with salt by his mother today told a court in the UK that the child could have suffered high amounts of sodium in his body because of his chronic kidney problems.

A post mortem examination carried out on Joshua Taylor, who was allegedly killed by his mother Marianne Williams, said that the increased salt levels in his blood could have been caused by his failing kidneys, Winchester Crown Court was told.