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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jessica Coates

Lucy Letby’s lawyer insists case has not been undermined after experts quit

Lucy Letby’s lawyer has insisted her case has not been undermined after two experts quit her defence team, saying some of its arguments have “unresolvable problems”.

The former nurse, who maintains her innocence, is serving 15 whole-life terms for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others while working on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital.

Engineering expert Helen Shannon and bioengineering professor Geoff Chase withdrew from the team on Monday.

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