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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Lucy Letby independent inquiry defended as ‘much quicker’ than judge-led probe

PA Media

A minister has defended the non-statutory inquiry announced by the Government into the crimes of serial killer Lucy Letby amid calls for it to be put on a statutory footing led by a judge.

Children’s minister Claire Coutinho argued that the independent inquiry launched after Letby’s convictions on Friday will be “much quicker”.

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