ANGELA Cannings, the Salisbury mother wrongly jailed for the murder of her two baby sons, has advised other families similarly accused to "hang in there".

Speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday, she added: "Wait and hope and it will come right one day."

Mrs Cannings (40) was in London to hear the court's reasons for its decision to quash her conviction for murdering seven-week-old Jason in June 1991 and four-month-old Matthew in November 1999.

The judges said they had been presented with "significant and persuasive fresh evidence" which had not been brought at the original trial, and which offered a possible explanation for the boys' death.

They also revealed that Mrs Cannings' case had far-reaching implications for other parents who stand accused of harming their children.

Lord Justice Judge, sitting with Mrs Justice Rafferty and Mr Justice Pitchers, said: "If the outcome of the trial depends exclusively, or almost exclusively, on a serious disagreement between distinguished and reputable experts, if will often be unwise, and therefore unsafe, to proceed.

"We recognise that justice may not be done in a small number of cases where in truth a mother has deliberately killed her baby without leaving any identifiable evidence of the crime.

"That is an undesirable result which, however, avoids a worse one."

He added: "Unless we are sure of guilt, the dreadful possibility always remains that a mother, already brutally scarred by the unexplained deaths of her babies, may find herself in prison for life for killing them when she should not be there at all.

"In our community, and in any civilised community, that is abhorrent."

Already, Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, has called for an urgent review of 54 similar cases.

He has said he will meet the chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission soon to discuss the review.

A further 204 parents convicted of killing a child under two years of age will also have their cases studied.