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The Guardian - UK
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David Conn

Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis

Lucy Letby custody photo
Letby was convicted in two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more in 2015 and 2016. Photograph: Cheshire constabulary/AP

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 cabinet minister detailed the mounting concerns of leading experts about the convictions and said there should quickly be a retrial. He said he believed Letby would be cleared in it.

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