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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday, North of England correspondent

Lucy Letby: Police urged to investigate hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

A police bodycam image of Lucy Letby outside her front door with her hands secured behind her back
An image of Lucy Letby taken from police bodycam footage during her arrest at her Chester home in August 2018. Photograph: Cheshire constabulary/AFP/Getty Images

Hospital bosses who failed to act on concerns about the killer nurse Lucy Letby should be investigated by police for corporate manslaughter, says the prosecution’s key medical expert.

Speaking to the Observer, Dr Dewi Evans, whose evidence was central to the case against Letby, said executives were “grossly negligent” for not acting on fears about the nurse as she murdered seven babies and attempted to kill another six.

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