Sally Clark is laid to rest in quiet ceremony

Mrs Clark was laid to rest at the church she visited as a child with her parents in Wiltshire, in a ceremony attended only by relatives and close friends.

The solicitor's life sentences for the murders of her two baby sons were quashed on appeal four years ago, but only after she had spent more than three years in jail.

Her family said she never fully recovered from the ordeal. She was found dead at her home on Friday March 16.

"Sally's family deeply appreciates the hundreds of messages and donations and hopes that everyone will understand that to acknowledge every one is just not possible," said a statement released by the Clark family spokesman Sue Stapely.

A fund has been set up in Mrs Clark's memory for the work of Professor Tim David, a consultant paediatrician at the new Manchester Childrens' Hospital.

Prof David was one of the specialist paediatricians who gave evidence for the defence in Mrs Clark's case.

The funding, according to Mrs Stapely, will be administered via trustees and go to providing him with equipment that is not available through the NHS to study sudden infant deaths.

Mrs Clark was found guilty of murdering eight-week-old Harry and 11-week-old Christopher following a trial at Chester Crown Court in 1999.

She served more than three years in jail before being cleared by the Court of Appeal in 2003. Mrs Clark's children died within 14 months of each other. Jurors had to decide whether the deaths were natural.

The expert evidence of Professor Meadow was a focal point throughout Mrs Clark's trial and appeal.

He told jurors the probability of two natural unexplained cot deaths in the family was 73 million to one.

The figure was disputed by the Royal Statistical Society and other medical experts who said the odds of a second cot death in a family were about 200 to one.

Her family said, in a statement, that she "never fully recovered from the effects of this appalling miscarriage of justice".

Donations to The Clark Fund can be made through Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 38 Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB.

Taxpayers may increase their donation by 28% by completing a Gift Aid form obtainable from Mrs Clark's website at www.sallyclark.org.uk.