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Ex-hospital bosses call for inquiry into Letby baby deaths to be suspended
Lawyers for former bosses of the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby murdered babies have asked for the public inquiry into the events surrounding her crimes to be suspended. Inquiry chair Lady Justice Thirlwall said she had received the request from counsel for the management team weeks after a panel of international medical experts blamed…
Letby did not murder babies, medical experts claim
Serial killer Lucy Letby did not murder any babies, a panel of international medical experts has claimed. Letby, now 35, is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. The 14-strong panel attributed some of the deaths at the Countess of Chester’s neonatal unit…
Jeremy Hunt apologises to Letby victims’ families
Mr Hunt opened his appearance at the Thirlwall Inquiry at Liverpool town hall by saying that Letby’s crimes had been committed “on [his] watch”. The inquiry is looking into how Letby, 35, was able to kill seven babies and try to kill seven others while working at the Countess of Chester hospital between 2015 and…
Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis
MP tells parliament he believes justice has not been done after hearing experts’ concerns over former nurse’s murder convictions Fundamental flaws in the criminal trial system led to the former nurse Lucy Letby being convicted of murder in a “clear miscarriage of justice”, David Davis has said in parliament. In a parliamentary debate, the former…