Louise Woodward has not been declared innocent. Her guilty conviction still stands. You referred to her as Joanne Woodward in an earlier post
What made you write to her parents?
Do you write to many people in prison Lookout; or have you done over the years?
Louise was no murderer. When that baby's skull was x-rayed,one pathologist had said he found a fracture to be an old one and not fitting with the time that the baby had died. The fracture had been present for long enough for the baby to suddenly develop symptoms.
I wrote to her parents on my return from Oz because I'd witnessed an incident which made me think.At the time I was away,my daughter was a child-minder and also had a toddler herself who objected strongly to " these children " coming into his house with his mummy looking after them. The child,my own grandson showed unnatural jealousy and hostility towards the children,which I noticed but my daughter didn't,as it was her son ! As soon as I saw " sly " displays of pinching and kicking,I then offered to take the 6 week old baby out in its pram--------out of the house to be honest.
Anyway,when all the children had gone home,I had a word with my daughter about what I'd seen her youngster doing and she disbelieved me. Each day,I felt very uncomfortable with this g/son of mine around ( who wouldn't even come out with me,he stayed clinging to his mother or creating havoc instead ) One night after the children had left again,their was a knock on the door and it was the father of one of the children.The guy was a cop,both he and his wife worked,and he presented his little girl whose back was bruised all over,and at 3 years of age she was able to say who'd done it.The finger pointed to my g/son who was also 3 at the time and the little girl had said he'd been sitting behind her,kicking her back.
I felt embarrassed and worse because my daughter made excuses that they were all playing and it could have been any one of them,but I knew it was him.
The moral of all this was that the time that Louise was accused,a toddler also lived at the house where she'd stayed. I can't remember the age of the child,another boy,but it had been previously reported that when a nanny went to the house for an interview,this older child started hitting the person who'd gone for the interview. Immediately I thought of another jealous child who'd objected to anyone going near his mother,and then I thought to myself that I wouldn't put it past him to have thrown a toy at the baby at some time and it struck the baby's head.
That's when I wrote to Louise's parents with my theory,because again,I could not picture that young girl doing any harm to either of those children,least of all the baby,but they made such a song and dance in the States that it whipped up a frenzy and resulted in a hate campaign.
I've never written to anyone in prison before,ever.
