A retired neonatologist claims a group of medical experts found no evidence of murder in the case of Lucy Letby, who is serving multiple life sentences for the deaths of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others.
A retired neonatologist from Canada, Dr. Shoo Lee, led a group of 14 pediatric specialists who concluded that natural causes or bad medical care, rather than deliberate harm, led to the deaths of 14 newborns. Dr. Lee stated at a London news conference that the group found no evidence of murder.
Letby, 35, is currently serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole after being convicted of murdering seven newborns and attempting to murder seven others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in north-western England between June 2015 and June 2016. Defense lawyer Mark McDonald argued that there is now 'overwhelming evidence' Letby was wrongly convicted and unjustly imprisoned for a crime that never occurred. He emphasized that the reason for Letby's conviction rested on the medical evidence presented to the jury. McDonald stated that the reason why Lucy Letby was convicted was because of the medical evidence presented to the jury. Letby has already lost two attempts to appeal her convictions, but her legal team has requested the Criminal Case Review Commission to examine her case, which could potentially lead to another appeal opportunity. Previously, prosecutors asserted that two separate juries had convicted Letby, and three appellate judges had dismissed her arguments that the prosecution's expert evidence was flawed. This latest news conference, partially led by McDonald, aimed to challenge the findings of Dr. Dewi Evans, the prosecution's key expert witness. McDonald previously argued that Evans was an unreliable witness due to his change in conclusion regarding the cause of death for three of the babies. Dr. Lee explained that he assembled a team of renowned international medical experts who volunteered to review the records of 17 babies Letby was accused of harming or killing. He stated that Evans diagnosed the babies with air embolism despite failing to find another cause of death. Dr. Lee further pointed out that air embolism is a rare occurrence and that the skin discoloration described during the trial was inconsistent with the typical symptoms observed in cases of air embolism. He asserted that the notion of diagnosing these babies with air embolism solely based on their collapse and skin discoloration lacked factual evidence. In one particular case, where Letby was accused of overfeeding a baby, the panel concluded that the infant became ill due to a viral infection and subsequently recovered a week after receiving antibiotics. A separate public inquiry examining failures at the hospital that led to the repeated harm of babies is scheduled to conclude next month. This inquiry, however, is not focused on the evidence used to convict Letby, but rather aims to establish accountability within the hospital staff and management and address the treatment received by the parents of the affected infants
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