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Campaigning to free Lucy Letby is not the right thing to do, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary says he will believe former nurse’s conviction is fair unless a court decides otherwise

The Guardian - UK

Streeting says ‘waging a campaign’ on Lucy Letby’s innocence is ‘not right’

Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby conviction for killing seven babies is ‘fair’ says Wes Streeting criticising campaign for a retrial

The Cabinet minister said he stood by this view unless this conclusion is successfully challenged in the courts

Evening Standard

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Lucy Letby’s acting was Oscar-worthy if she really is guilty, former boss says

Former head of nursing at Countess of Chester says Letby ‘cried in my arms’ after being removed from the ward

The Guardian - UK

Former nursing boss says Lucy Letby is ‘innocent’ and regularly ‘cried in my arms’

Karen Rees said: ‘She cried in my arms on a weekly basis. It was harrowing’

The Independent UK

Will Lucy Letby get a retrial? Here’s what happens next with her case

Lucy Letby was convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in her care at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England between 2015 and 2016.

The Conversation

I was part of the panel that reviewed the Lucy Letby case. I believe the trial was fundamentally flawed

In my view the trial was fundamentally flawed, and action must be taken before it causes yet more suffering for those involved, says Neena Modi, a professor of neonatal medicine

The Guardian - UK

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AI chatbots distort and mislead when asked about current affairs, BBC finds

Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster’s news articles as source

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby’s Sinister Reason for Befriending Sara Sharif’s Evil Stepmum in Jail

Lucy Letby, the former NHS nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, has reportedly formed a friendship with a notorious prisoner.

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‘Strong reasonable doubt’ over Lucy Letby insulin convictions, experts say

Exclusive: ‘No scientific justification’ to say former nurse definitely poisoned babies with insulin, according to study authors

The Guardian - UK

Experts have challenged the medical case against Lucy Letby. What about the statistical evidence?

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby back into the spotlight. At a press conference convened by Letby’s legal team, the experts cast doubt over the former nurse’s conviction. Letby was given 15 whole-life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

The Conversation

Lucy Letby case: the problems with expert evidence

The Lucy Letby case is the latest in a number of UK criminal medical cases that, beyond the rights and wrongs of each verdict, raise serious questions around how such cases are tried – especially when the evidence is limited, complex, and circumstantial. These cases often rely heavily on expert…

The Conversation

I don’t know if Lucy Letby’s convictions will be upheld, but I know we all have a stake in the outcome

This is not just about one terrible set of allegations. Health, the law, checks and balances: it is testing public confidence in everything, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial?

Former nurse is serving 15 whole-life terms in prison yet an appeal is not guaranteed despite findings of expert panel

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Lucy Letby Update: Is Britain's 'Worst Serial Child Killer' Innocent? What New Evidence Reveals

New findings regarding Lucy Letby's are making expert's question the validity of her conviction for the deaths of 7 infants.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What an expert review could mean for the conviction of Lucy Letby

In today’s newsletter: Will the findings of an independent panel give Letby the opportunity for another appeal?

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby's supporters: Who are they and why do they believe she is innocent?

Is the convicted child killer subject to ‘one of the major injustices of modern times’? These doctors and politicians think so

Evening Standard

What the papers say – February 5

Here are the biggest stories leading Wednesday’s front pages.

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The Independent UK

Medical experts dispute evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murder

A panel of experts is disputing the medical evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murdering seven newborns and trying to kill seven others

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Experts Dispute Medical Evidence In Nurse's Murder Conviction

Panel of experts raises doubts about medical evidence in British nurse's murder case, defense seeks review. Ongoing inquiry focuses on hospital accountability.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby: Angel of death or victim of one of ‘major miscarriages of justice in modern times’?

Analysis of the case and what lies ahead from our courts correspondent Tristan Kirk

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby’s lawyers urge review of case after medical experts claim babies were not murdered

A panel of neonatal experts has claimed the infants died of natural causes and poor medical care as killer nurse applies to overturn her 2023 conviction

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby murder convictions: what did the expert panel find?

Group concludes babies died due to natural causes or errors in medical care, saying there was no evidence of deliberate harm

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby latest: Medical experts ‘did not find any murders’

Letby’s case will be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The Independent UK

Experts say 'new medical evidence' will give Lucy Letby victims' families 'comfort‘

A panel of experts who claim they have “new medical evidence” in the cases of convicted child killer Lucy Letby say that their work is not meant to “cause more distress” to the families of her victims.

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