Lawyers for jailed nurse had argued there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence undermining guilty verdictsThe chair of the public inquiry into the murder of babies by Lucy Letby has rejected calls to pause her investigation.Lady Justice Thirlwall was urged by the jailed nurse and former executives at the Countess of Chester hospital to halt the inquiry until the outcome of Letby’s legal appeals. Continue reading...
The chair of the public inquiry into Lucy Letby's baby murders rejected calls from Letby and former hospital executives to pause the investigation pending the outcome of Letby's legal appeals. Letby's legal team argues "overwhelming evidence" undermines her convictions, while hospital bosses claim a "real likelihood" of innocence exists. The chair stated pausing the inquiry would be lengthy, costly, and would not be used to consider alternative causes of death because it would cut across the criminal justice system and be a collateral attack on the convictions.
