The twins' father Chris Kahui. Photo by NZPA.
The Kahui twins were not murdered but died of natural
causes, according to evidence given to the coroner who will
preside over an inquest later this year.
Dr Damian Wojcik, a police medical examiner in Whangarei for
16 years, reasoned that month-old Chris and Cru died from
Barlow's disease -- or infant scurvy from a severe vitamin C
deficiency -- rather than Shaken Baby Syndrome, The Weekend
Herald reported today.
He claimed that Barlow's disease could explain the bruises,
subdural bleeding and fractures found in the bodies of the
twins who died in June 2006.
But Dr Wojcik's theory was dismissed by an independent
pathologist and will not be presented at an inquest into the
deaths on a date yet to be fixed.
Chief Coroner Neil MacLean confirmed that the medical opinion
had been dismissed but declined to comment further.
The twins' father Chris Kahui was cleared in 2008 of their
murder and walked free.
His lawyer accused the twins' mother Macsyna King of killing
them.
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