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Court Upholds Reduced Jail Sentence of British Nanny
BOSTON — By a vote of 4-3, the highest court in Massachusetts on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to reduce the conviction of British au pair Louise Woodward from murder to manslaughter and to sentence her to time served, 279 days.
The 46-page ruling by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court cleared the path for Woodward, convicted last year in the shaking death of an 8-month-old infant in her care, to return home to Elton, England. Pending Tuesday’s ruling, Woodward had been staying in private homes in the affluent seaside community of Marblehead.
Along with her father, Gary, the 20-year-old Woodward remained secluded Tuesday. Hours after the high court’s verdict was announced, however, their privacy was interrupted when sheriff’s deputies served Woodward with notice that physicians Sunil and Deborah Eappen had filed a civil suit charging her with the wrongful death of their son, Matthew. Their primary purpose app
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Louise Woodward wants a baby of her own
Jailed for killing a baby, nanny Louise Woodward claims new evidence could sensationally clear her. What's more, she's planning to get married and have a family:
Ten years on, the infamy of being Louise Woodward has lessened, but vestiges remain. People often recognise her in the street, but they can't quite pin her down. 'Don't I know you from somewhere, you look awfully familiar,' they say.
Who, after all, could forget the image of an impassive and seemingly emotionless 19-year-old Louise in the dock, hearing that she'd been found guilty of murdering Matthew Eappen, the eight-month-old baby in her care? Then breaking down in tears as the reality hit her.
A decade later, one might imagine that Louise, now 29, has slunk away from the world, scarred forever by her ordeal.
Hardly. Slimmer and prettier, she has an exuberance about her these days that is wildly at odds with the rather plump, seemingly sullen teenager in court.
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