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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kim Pilling

Crown alleges Child A suffered an air embolism that led to his death

PA Wire

An amount of air the “size of a teaspoon” would have been enough to kill a baby allegedly murdered by nurse Lucy Letby, her trial heard.

Two expert consultant paediatricians for the prosecution told Manchester Crown Court that, in their opinion, air had entered the circulation of the infant “on purpose” via an intravenous line.

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