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Expert witness in Lucy Letby trial did not reveal hospital investigation into his medical work

Cheshire police and CPS say they were not told about inquiry into Prof Peter Hindmarsh before he gave evidence at nurse’s trial

The Guardian - UK

The Investigation of Lucy Letby review – this sensationalist take isn’t what this awful case needs

The broad-brush, emotive telling of the questions around the neonatal nurse’s conviction uses arrest footage that her parents have said ‘would likely kill us’ if they watched. Did her mother’s howl of distress need to be broadcast?

The Guardian - UK

Nurse demonized and labeled as a ‘baby killer.’ Now new evidence suggests she’s innocent

Lucy Letby was handed 15 life sentences back in 2023, but some think she didn't do it.

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Lucy Letby’s lawyer says killer nurse has ‘hope’ amid new evidence claims

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Lucy Letby’s lawyer says killer nurse has ‘new hope’

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby was a ‘broken person’. But now has new hope, claims her lawyer

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016

The Independent UK

Former senior coroner’s officer says Lucy Letby has suffered miscarriage of justice

Stephanie Davies says crucial details about one of the babies could have made difference to police investigation

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The convictions of Lucy Letby: should they be overturned?

When the former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, a 1980s research paper was key to the prosecution’s case. But the author of the paper himself believes there has been a miscarriage of justice – and so too do other doctors

The Guardian - UK

Explosive memo raises fresh doubts over Lucy Letby’s conviction after doctor’s ‘red-handed’ claim disputed

The previously undisclosed document could significantly bolster her legal team’s efforts to overturn her convictions

Evening Standard

Letby barrister: Fresh evidence will completely demolish case against her

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby’s lawyer delivers medical reports he claims ‘totally undermine’ case against serial killer nurse

Victim’s families have described a report from a panel of experts as ‘full of analytical holes’ and a ‘rehash’ of her defence case

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby barrister to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence to Criminal Cases Review Commission

Lucy Letby, 35, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials at Manchester Crown Court

Evening Standard

Letby barrister to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence to CCRC

Mark McDonald will visit the Birmingham offices of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby barrister promises to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence in freedom bid

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

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The Guardian - UK

Evidence used to convict Lucy Letby is flawed, leading experts say

Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdict

Evening Standard

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

‘It is time they take a step back and ask themselves whether have they made a huge mistake’ - Lucy Letby’s lawyer Mark McDonald

The Independent UK

Police have made ‘huge mistake’ with hospital charges statement – Letby lawyer

Police say staff at the hospital where Letby worked could face manslaughter charges.

The Guardian - UK

Police start manslaughter inquiry into senior individuals at Letby hospital

Officers say they have widened investigations despite questions over nurse’s convictions for killing babies

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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

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

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

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

Evening Standard

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

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

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