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Pat Hurst

Lucy Letby's lawyer says police hospital manslaughter charges statement is 'huge mistake'

Screengrab taken from body-worn camera footage issued by police of the arrest of Lucy Letby (Cheshire Constabulary/PA) - (PA Media)

Police have made a “huge mistake”, the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed, after detectives said hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges.

Mark McDonald, representing Letby, who he claims is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, said expert evidence compiled by her defence team “points the finger” in a “very different direction” from where the police are looking.

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