Lucy Letby’s lawyers to unveil new evidence ‘which will clear her’

Lawyers for convicted serial kid slayer Lucy Letby accidental they volition unveil ‘new aesculapian evidence’ adjacent week arsenic portion of a bid to reopen her case.

The 35-year-old erstwhile caregiver is presently serving 15 whole-life orders for the execution of 7 babies and the attempted execution of 7 others successful her attraction astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Her ineligible squad said they volition disclose autarkic investigation by an planetary sheet of 14 experts successful neonatal care.

The sheet is chaired by elder Tory MP Sir David Davis, who claims the findings volition ‘clear’ Letby.

Davis has repeatedly called for a retrial for Letby, claiming helium believed the ‘tabloid narrataive’ astir her condemnation until helium was contacted by medics and academics.

The sheet includes retired neonatologist Dr Shoo Lee, who was the apical paediatrician astatine Mount Sinai Hospital successful Canada for much than a decade, and founded the Canadian Neonatal Network of 27 hospitals and 16 universities.

Dr Lee appeared arsenic a witnesser successful Letby’s defence erstwhile she unsuccessfully tried to entreaty her convictions successful April 2024.

Neonatologists besides gave grounds for the prosecution, including pb aesculapian adept Dr Dewi Evans and Dr Sandie Bohin.

A fig of academics and experts with nary transportation to the proceedings person weighed successful connected either side, though nary person seen each the evidence.

Letby’s lawyers person said they volition marque a caller bid to situation her convictions connected the grounds that the grounds fixed by Dr Evans was ‘not reliable’.

Her barrister, Mark McDonald, said helium volition inquire the Court of Appeal to marque the ‘exceptional but indispensable decision’ to licence an exertion to reopen the case.

Dr Evans said their concerns are ‘unsubstantiated, unfounded, inaccurate’.

Findings from a nationalist enquiry into events astatine the infirmary are expected this autumn.

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