A British woman has been cleared of murdering her baby son with a salt overdose.
Marianne Williams (24) from Wiltshire was also found not guilty at Winchester Crown Court today of the alternative charge of manslaughter.
The court had heard how her 16-month-old son Joshua was found to have had high levels of sodium in his body when he died at Southampton General Hospital in February 2004.
The prosecution claimed he had in effect been poisoned by a sodium overdose, most likely from common table salt.
It claimed Ms Williams had been unable to cope after the baby had been born prematurely, weighing just two pounds, ten ounces.
The baby, who suffered from small kidneys, had to be given sodium chloride medication every day to restore his body's natural balance.
The jury found Ms Williams, who had denied both charges, not guilty of killing her child.
A lawyer, reading out a statement on Ms Williams' behalf, accused clinicians of being "far too prone to point the fingers of suspicion" at parents who are already vulnerable after the death of a child.
After the verdict, a police spokesman denied the charges had been laid in "undue haste".