Complex sentence: This led to statements from Roy Meadow that the chances they had died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome being millions to one against, convictions were then handed down in spite of the statistical inevitability that a few women would suffer this tragedy.
Split into simpler sentences: This led to statements from Roy Meadow that the chance they had died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome were extremely small (one to millions). The courts then handed down convictions in spite of the statistical inevitability that a few women would suffer this tragedy.