Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns
Summary
Two experts have left Lucy Letby’s defence team because they disagreed with some of the scientific claims being made for her case. Letby, convicted of killing and trying to kill babies in a UK hospital, is challenging her convictions, but these experts say some arguments lack scientific support.Key Facts
- Lucy Letby is a nurse convicted in 2023 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at a hospital in north-west England.
- Two experts, Helen Shannon and Geoff Chase, helped produce a report questioning the poisoning convictions related to insulin in two babies.
- These experts now say some defence arguments are not scientifically credible and conflict with established science and evidence.
- They are concerned that continuing to use these disputed arguments could harm Letby’s case and affect the families involved.
- The experts also warned that supporting such arguments could breach professional ethics and lead to professional penalties.
- Letby’s current lawyer, Mark McDonald, says new evidence from various international experts challenges the original scientific case against her.
- The UK’s Criminal Cases Review Commission is reviewing Letby’s convictions and has not commented publicly.
- A public inquiry into the murders is about to release its findings, looking at possible missed warnings by hospital leaders during the incidents in 2015-2016.
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