Dinesh Kumar

Dinesh’s wife Veena arrived in Canada in 1989 from India. Dinesh arrived in 1990, eleven days after his first son Saurob was born. In February 1992 Dinesh’s second son Gaurov was born. Gaurov died when he was five weeks old. Dinesh was charged with second degree murder in the death of his son based on the opinion of Dr. Charles Smith. Faced with a life sentence, deportation, and the removal of his first son Dinesh accepted the crown’s offer to plead guilty to criminal negligence causing death with a ninety-day sentence to be served on weekends. Dinesh was permitted to remain in Canada with his wife and his son was returned to them. As a result of his wrongful conviction he and his wife were afraid to have more children. It was almost twenty years before Dinesh’s conviction was set aside after Dr. Smith’s testimony was debunked and his cases were reviewed by board certified forensic pathologists.