NADINE DORRIES: My grave concerns about the main witness in the Lucy Letby case - and why I fear this could be one of the worst miscarriages of justice in history

AT THE weekend, The Mail on Sunday reported that a new ‘audit’ of baby deaths at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked suggested that many of the most rapid deteriorations in its vulnerable young patients took place when she wasn’t on duty. Police outside Lucy Letby's home in Chester after she was arrested Dr Evans told the Mail his opinion on Baby C evolved after listening to the evidence but given that Baby C’s parents had asked the police for their child’s medical history not to be discussed, he would not elaborate further. Glen reported that a judge in another case in 2022 had described Dr Evans’s evidence as ‘worthless’ – more of which later. Writing to ‘Nick’ at the NCA’s national injuries database, Dr Evans said: ‘Incidentally I’ve read about the high rate of babies in Chester and that the police are investigating. ‘Sounds like my kind of case.’ It prompted the following exchange with Letby’s barrister who said to Dr Evans: ‘This is you putting yourself forward.