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A new Netflix documentary examines the case of the serial killer nurse and those who doubt her conviction

Netflix film revisits evidence that led to Letby’s conviction and hears from expert who says his research was misused

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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