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A mother has told of her anger at being accused of killing her son, who was hanged, to a disciplinary panel.The General Medical Council has heard how paediatrician Professor David Southall told the mother she had drugged and murdered her son, aged 10.The doctor faces allegations of acting inappropriately and causing distress.The mother has also spoken of how her other son was taken into care on
Prof Southall’s advice. The doctor was working in Stoke-on-Trent at the time.Prof Southall, who was employed at the North Staffordshire Hospital, is accused of tampering with medical records, keeping secret medical files and abusing his position in relation to four children.In 2004, Prof Southall was found guilty of serious misconduct after accusing Steve Clark of murdering two of his sons. He was banned from child protection work for three years.The fresh allegations relate to cases in his care during the 1980s and 1990s.The boy in question died in June 1996 after fastening a belt around his neck and hanging from a curtain pole in the family home. An inquest recorded an open verdict.The mother, who worked as an operating department orderly at the local hospital, told the panel Prof Southall used an “aggressive and sarcastic” tone when questioning her.
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