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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Conn and Felicity Lawrence

Lucy Letby: doctor criticises judge’s opening remarks at inquiry

Lady Justice Thirlwall
Lady Justice Thirlwall is the chair of the inquiry into the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

A medical expert has criticised the opening remarks of the judge chairing the public inquiry into the deaths and collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital for which the nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murder and attempted murder.

Dr Michael Hall, a retired consultant neonatologist and visiting professor in neonatal medicine who advised Letby’s legal defence team, has written to the inquiry maintaining his opinion that she did not receive a fair trial and that “important elements” of the medical evidence presented by the prosecution were “flawed or misleading”.

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