US EditionLawyers who say British nurse was wrongly convicted of killing babies ask to halt hospital inquiry
- Former hospital executives have requested to pause the inquiry into Lucy Letby's crimes, as communicated to inquiry chair Lady Justice Thirlwall last month.
- Letby's legal team is challenging her conviction, claiming that expert evidence presented was flawed and hopes the Criminal Cases Review Commission will refer her case back to the Court of Appeal based on new medical evidence suggesting mishandled care.
- Investigations by Cheshire Constabulary into corporate and gross negligence manslaughter at the hospital have expanded.
- A letter from Letby’s solicitors warned that the inquiry’s final report would be 'redundant' if not paused until after the status of her CCRC application is known.
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Real possibility that Lucy Letby’s convictions may be overturned, former hospital bosses say
The public inquiry into the crimes of Lucy Letby should be halted because of a “real possibility” that her convictions for murder and attempted murder may be overturned, say former hospital executives.
Lucy Letby demands inquiry into her horrific crimes is STOPPED as it's 'unfair'
CONVICTED child serial killer Lucy Letby has called for the public inquiry into events surrounding her crimes to be suspended. On Monday, her solicitors wrote to inquiry chairwoman Lady Justice Thirlwall insisting her final report would be “likely unreliable” unless it was paused pending the outcome of the killer nurse’s battle to prove her innocence. SWNSLucy Letby has demanded the public inquiry into her horrific crimes is stopped[/caption] PA…
Lucy Letby: Calls for inquiry into baby deaths to be halted
Lucy Letby during her arrest in 2018 over the deaths of multiple newborn babies at Countess of Cheshire Hospital. Photo: Cheshire Constabulary via Getty Images A judge looking into the murder of newborn babies by British nurse Lucy Letby has said she would hear arguments why the inquiry should be paused, after requests from hospital managers and a politician campaigning to overturn Letby's conviction.
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