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William Bache, solicitor noted for his staunch defence of parents accused of murdering their children – obituary
Bache gave the appearance of being a formal member of the Establishment, but beneath the surface lurked the beating heart of a rebel
Bache: ‘Che Guevara in a pinstripe suit’
Credit: Geoff Pugh
William Bache, who has died aged 77, was a solicitor whose practice ranged from conveyancing to courts martial in war-torn Iraq, but he became best known as a tireless defender of parents who found themselves accused of murder after their children had suffered sudden, unexpected deaths.
The first and most influential of his cot death cases involved Angela Cannings, a mother from Salisbury who had lost three babies between 1989 and 1999. She was arrested on suspicion of smothering all three children while they slept, and convicted in 2002 of murdering two of them.