Thirlwall inquiry has left biggest questions around the Letby case unanswered
Summary
Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall’s inquiry looked at the management of the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering babies. The inquiry blamed hospital leaders for delaying calling the police but did not question Letby’s guilt, even though many experts raised concerns about possible wrongful conviction.Key Facts
- The inquiry was set up in 2023 to examine whether hospital managers failed to protect babies from nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing seven babies and trying to kill seven more.
- Many experts have expressed serious doubts about Letby’s guilt and suggested that innocent people can sometimes be wrongly convicted.
- Thirlwall’s report focused on hospital management's delay in involving police after baby deaths in 2016.
- The inquiry was not meant to re-examine Letby’s convictions, which stand after appeal court decisions.
- Over 20 experts asked the new health secretary in 2024 to pause or widen the inquiry to investigate possible injustice, but this did not happen.
- Some scientists argued the deaths could be explained by the babies’ illness and care problems, not murder.
- The report concluded some babies might have lived if hospital managers acted faster.
- Thirlwall emphasized the inquiry was not about proving guilt or innocence, but assumed Letby was guilty.
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