Real possibility that Letby’s convictions may be overturned, say former bosses
- Senior managers at Countess of Chester Hospital want the Thirlwall Inquiry paused until Lucy Letby’s legal battle is resolved, citing concerns over the validity of her convictions.
- An international panel claims that poor medical care and natural causes, not Letby, were responsible for the deaths on the neonatal unit.
- Lucy Letby, convicted of murdering seven babies, argues that the inquiry should consider new evidence to avoid producing a misleading report.
- Letby’s legal team also argues that proceeding with the inquiry could make its findings redundant and likely unreliable.
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Hospital Bosses Say New Evidence Casts Doubt on UK Nurse Letby’s Baby Murder Convictions
LONDON—A public inquiry examining how British nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder babies in her care should be suspended because new evidence casts real doubt on her convictions, the lawyer for the hospital’s senior managers said on Tuesday. Letby, 35, was found guilty of murdering seven children and attempting to murder eight more between June 2015 and June 2016 while working in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital (COCH) in no…
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