Blogger’s Note: I do not endorse the Independent’s anti-Socialist and anti-working class stance in its reporting. I do not support the Independent’s anti-China, anti-DPRK, or anti-Russian stance – or its mindless support for Neo-Nazi Ukraine. However, with regard to the Letby Case – I believe its position is spot-on. Letby had been “bullied” by other NHS Staff members (Letby was well-known in the local area and something of a local celebrity regarding her outstanding medical work) and I have been told she was the victim (in-part) of “racialised” bullying. Although she won a NHS Tribunal – no involved Staff were suspended or investigated further – but instead compelled to “write a letter” apologising to Letby for their behaviour (the embarrassment for the NHS arose from the fact that the Staff accused of racism were non-White). The NHS is now full of special interest enclaves – all desperately trying to save their own jobs as the NHS shrinks and falls a part.
Make of this what you will – but Letby was then reported directly to the Police by these same Staff members – for exactly the same reasons the Tribunal had cleared her, effectively by-passing the proper (medical) NHS channels of investigation. The Police should have passed the allegations back to the NHS for these Staff members to be “disciplined” for their continued persecution of Letby. This did not happen and instead the Police decided to independently pursue the case outside of NHS channels. This is how Letby ended-up in prison. Let’s get one thing straight – continued NHS cuts by successive governments since 1979 are killing people throughout the UK. Part of tihis drive to US-style private medicine is the withdrawal of proper and adequate medical care across the spectrum – including the care of babies (if you want to live – you must pay for the privilege). Letby worked in a department that looked after very ill – and already dying – babies. These were not healthy babies. Letby worked at the thin end of the wedge – where all the medical cuts are felt. The UK governments make these cuts knowing full-well people will die – and then blame the NHS Staff – who have to implement these cuts. This is just how Hitler’s regime worked – blame the victim. ACW (5.2.2025)
Group reportedly believe there are alternative causes of death for a ‘large number’ of killer nurse’s victims
Tuesday 04 February 2025 16:22 GMT
Lucy Letby did not murder seven babies at Countess of Chester Hospital, claim experts, who say fresh medical evidence shows natural causes and “bad medical care” were to blame.
An international panel of 14 neonatologists presented what it described as “significant new medical evidence” in the case of nurse Letby, who is serving 15 whole-life orders for the murder of seven infants and attempted murder of seven others between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
The panel was convened by Canadian professor Dr Shoo Lee after he claimed the prosecution misinterpreted a 1989 paper he had written on air embolisms, which was used in evidence at Letby’s trial.
Unveiling the findings on Tuesday, Dr Lee claimed the team found no evidence of deliberate harm in any of the cases, adding: “We did not find any murders. In all cases death or injury were deemed to be natural causes or just bad medical care.”
It comes as Letby’s lawyers applied for her case to be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) as a potential miscarriage of justice after she exhausted her challenges at the Court of Appeal.
The new research carried out by the expert panel will be submitted to the CCRC, which has the power to send her case back to the Court of Appeal if it finds there is a substantial possibility judges could overturn the convictions.
Key points
- ‘We did not find any murders’, experts claim
- Medical experts’ conclusion in four points
- Evidence against Letby has been ‘demolished’, lawyer claims
- What happens now?
Appeals against Letby’s convictions up until now
Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.
Last year, she lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.
The first bid in May was over seven murders and seven attempted murders, and in October for the attempted murder of a baby girl which she was convicted of by a different jury at a retrial.
Dr Shoo Lee gave evidence as part of the first application, but this was rejected as three senior judges.
They concluded there had been no prosecution expert evidence diagnosing air embolus solely on the basis of skin discolouration.
Now, Letby’s lawyers have lodged a request to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to investigate her case as a potential miscarriage of justice.
The body will assess if the new evidence gives a reasonable chance of a conviction being overturned – and the case could be referred to the Court of Appeal.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 