1. The question posed was whether a murderer was more likely to get away with his crime under the French inquisitorial or the English accusatorial system of justice.

2. He said he was trying to investigate the death in a ‘forensic manner‘ and insisted: ‘I wanted to be correct.‘ Earlier Mrs Mitton told Dr Southall: ‘Your action in accusing her of drugging and then murdering M1 by hanging him was inappropriate, added to her distress and was in the circumstance an abuse of your professional position. ‘It had been found you failed to respect Mrs M‘s dignity by reason of the accusatorial and intimidating manner in which you questioned her.‘ Dr Southall was also found guilty of a catalogue of other failings linked to children in his care during the 1'80s and 1''0s.