‘In your opinion, was Katie Fisher responsible for her baby’s death?’ ‘Yes, if you want to get technical about it,’ Owen said. ‘After all, it was her body that passed on the Listeria monocytogenes to her fetus. But the infection certainly wasn’t intentional. You can’t blame Ms Fisher any more than you’d blame a mother who unwittingly passes along the AIDS virus to her unborn child.’ He looked at Katie, sitting with her head bowed. ‘That’s not homicide. It’s just plain sad.’
