Rosie Garland, Shaken Baby Syndrome and The Awkward Squad

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Winner of the Mslexia Competition - Rosie Garland - talks about her novel 'Beast in All Her Loveliness.' A woman who accused her husband of rape, and then retracted the allegation, has failed in her attempt to get a conviction for perverting the course of justice overturned. The woman known as 'S' made allegations against her husband in 2010 but then took them back. She later said the retraction itself was false, rather than the rape allegations. She said she had made the retraction because she was under duress from her husband and his family. She was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and jailed - a sentence that was changed to community service. She's now failed in her bid to get that conviction quashed. Tomorrow Vera Baird QC and Alison Levitt Q.C discuss the implications of the case. We discuss a new scheme to avoid Shaken Baby Syndrome and 'The Awkward Squad' - a new play about a group of feisty women in the North East, Presented by Jenni Murray.