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Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Rishi Sunak vows to hold judge-led inquiry into baby-killing nurse Lucy Letby

Rishi Sunak on Friday said the Government plans to appoint a judge to lead an upcoming inquiry into what he called the “despicable, horrific crimes” of Lucy Letby.

Families and doctors have been stepping up demands for a statutory inquiry, with full legal power to compel witnesses to come forward, after the 33-year-old nurse was sentenced to a whole-life term on Monday for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murders of six more.

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