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Michelle Devane, PA & Jane Corscadden

Claire Roberts: Mum speaks out about doctor who 'caused family torment for 26 years'

A mother of a nine-year-old girl has said the doctor who attempted to cover-up the circumstances of her daughter’s death put their family through 26 years of “mental torment”.

Jennifer Roberts said she will “never forgive” Dr Heather Steen, who was struck off the medical register on Friday for her actions.

Claire Roberts died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 1996.

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