Former minister David Davis to launch Lucy Letby conviction probe after experts cast doubt
8 months ago

Former minister David Davis to launch Lucy Letby conviction probe after experts cast doubt

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former cabinet minister Sir David Davis is set to spearhead a probe questioning the conviction of child-killer nurse Lucy Letby. “With a lot of people claiming a mistrial including statisticians, nurses and senior medics, as well as reports of people being warned off giving evidence, it is clear we need to look at it quite closely.” open image in gallery Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life sentences for eight murders and seven attempted murders of babies under her care between 2015 and 2016 In one podcast, statistician Peter Elston and retired paediatrician Michael McConville tore into the case with detailed arguments about the inadequacies of the medical evidence and concerns about the administration of the hospital. open image in gallery A series of experts have cast doubt over Letby’s conviction, which will now be the subject of a parliamentary probe On Sunday, it was claimed an NHS hospital told a nurse who wanted to support Letby she should not give evidence in her case. A spokesman for the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: “Due to the ongoing police investigations and the pending public inquiry, it would not be appropriate for the trust to comment further.” Letby has denied ever having murdered newborn babies despite her conviction and told jurors during her trial she was “not the sort of person who would kill babies”.

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Families of babies murdered by Lucy Letby rally to debunk claims serial child killer is innocent- and accuse of 'using her victimhood' to 'defect attention' from her heinous crimes
1 day, 13 hours ago
Lawyers who say British nurse was wrongly convicted of killing babies ask to halt hospital inquiry
6 days, 20 hours ago
Lawyers seek to pause inquiry into ex-British nurse Lucy Letby's case
1 week ago
Lucy Letby inquiry: Hospital chief thought nurse may be innocent after arrest
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Former nursing boss says Lucy Letby is ‘innocent’ and regularly ‘cried in my arms’
1 month, 1 week ago
Was UK’s ‘killer nurse’ Lucy Letby wrongly convicted of murdering 7 babies?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
Guilty - or a shocking miscarriage of justice? TOM RAWSTORNE looks at how 18 months of twists and turns could now lead to a retrial for Lucy Letby
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Distraught mother of Lucy Letby victim hits out at 'disrespectful' campaign to free her - as medical experts trying to overturn serial killer nurse's sentence claim they 'did not find any murders' and
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Medical experts dispute evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murder
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Lucy Letby’s lawyers urge review of case after medical experts claim babies were not murdered
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PETER HITCHENS: Bombshell Lucy Letby evidence I saw today blows the case apart... and exposes an unknown gaping mystery at the heart of her trial
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The 14 hospital 'failures' which experts claim exonerate serial child killer Lucy Letby
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Lucy Letby: What is the 'new medical evidence' and can she appeal again?
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Medical experts dispute evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murder
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Watch live: Lucy Letby lawyers reveal 'new medical evidence' in news conference
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Lucy Letby latest: Experts set to reveal new evidence questioning serial child killer's guilt
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
Medical experts dispute evidence in Lucy Letby’s baby killing conviction
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Lucy Letby is 'very much engaged' with bid to prove her innocence
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Fresh doubts are raised over conviction of 'killer' nurse Lucy Letby
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lucy Letby was on duty for all but one of 13 baby deaths in one year
2 months, 1 week ago
Doctor at centre of Lucy Letby lawyer claims denies changing his mind over baby deaths
3 months ago
Lucy Letby's lawyer says new evidence is grounds for her convictions to be re-examined
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Lawyer for convicted British killer nurse Lucy Letby says new evidence is grounds for appeal
3 months, 1 week ago
Do they want to keep Lucy Letby locked up even after she's dead? I find it hard to see any other reason for quizzing her over more alleged killings, writes PETER HITCHENS
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Coroner never told by hospital bosses of Lucy Letby suspicions, inquiry told
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UK police question killer nurse Letby over further baby deaths
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Lucy Letby interviewed in prison by police over deaths of more babies
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lucy Letby 'likely murdered and assaulted more babies before killing first known newborn in 2015', senior paediatrician tells public inquiry
4 months ago
I was asked to carry out baby deaths review at hospital where Lucy Letby worked... no one mentioned suspicions a baby killer was on the loose, doctor tells inquiry
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4 months, 1 week ago
Lucy Letby inquiry hears specialist doctor ‘felt misled’ by bosses
4 months, 1 week ago
Three of Lucy Letby’s victims ‘could have deaths explained by medical problems’
4 months, 1 week ago
Lucy Letby was victim of a 'witch hunt' because she rejected a senior doctor's advances, inquiry into the baby-killing nurse hears
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lucy Letby joked about ‘tips’ on how to get away with murder, inquiry told
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Revealed: Lucy Letby was not on duty when many babies went downhill fastest, new audit finds
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lucy Letby trial facing fresh controversy after chief prosecution expert's evidence dismissed as 'worthless' by judge in previous case
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lucy Letby loses bid to challenge conviction over attempted murder of baby girl
4 months, 3 weeks ago
I'm a neonatal nurse but after Lucy Letby killed seven babies, patients don't trust me any more
4 months, 3 weeks ago
British Killer Nurse Lucy Letby Loses Appeal Bid For Attempted Baby Murder Conviction
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Lucy Letby innocent? I’m a miscarriage of justice investigator – and here’s what I think...
5 months ago
Lucy Letby hospital bosses had 'already made up their mind' that she wasn't killing babies before any proper probe, doctor tells inquiry
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Lucy Letby's colleagues were 'thinking the unthinkable' that a rogue nurse was deliberately harming babies just months into her year-long killing spree, inquiry hears
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Lucy Letby innocent? I’m a miscarriage of justice investigator – and here’s what I think...
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Key expert in Lucy Letby trial gave 25 further suspicious incidents to police
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Lucy Letby's bosses 'facilitated a mass murderer' by ignoring concerns about the serial baby killer, inquiry hears
6 months ago
Killer nurse Lucy Letby did nothing to save dying baby she attacked, parent tells inquiry
6 months ago
Bosses at serial killer Lucy Letby's hospital didn't alert police to suspicions about her sooner because they 'never expected' nurse could be responsible, inquiry hears
6 months, 1 week ago
Lucy Letby case could be ‘biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history’, lawyer says
6 months, 1 week ago
Breathing tubes became dislodged on 40% of shifts that Lucy Letby worked as a trainee nurse in Liverpool before she went on her killing spree, public inquiry hears
6 months, 1 week ago
Lucy Letby felt ‘scapegoated’ over baby tragedies as junior doctors nicknamed her ‘nurse death’, inquiry hears
6 months, 1 week ago
Lucy Letby ‘hid in plain sight’ like GP killer Harold Shipman, inquiry hears
6 months, 1 week ago

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