Dr Mark Deakin, the consultant paediatrician once described in court as Lucy Letby's 'boyfriend', has been publicly identified after judges lifted an anonymity order that had shielded his name throughout the child killer's trial and the early stages of the public inquiry into her crimes.
Lord Justice Singh granted an application by Associated Newspapers to remove the lifelong reporting restrictions protecting Deakin's identity. Until now he had been referred to only as 'Dr A' or 'the doctor'.
