by Julian Mann, The Daily Sceptic
The convictions of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby in 2023 and 2024 for the murder and attempted murder of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital are now looking increasingly unsafe.
A new book casting doubt on the Letby prosecution is due to come out on July 9th. This week, the Mail on Sunday’s Political Editor Glen Owen flagged up the book by investigative author Christopher Morris. Owen wrote:
Anyone who believes the police case against Lucy Letby “should have their head examined”, a medical expert has insisted in a new book about the neonatal nurse serving 15 whole life sentences for murder and attempted murder.
After interviewing more than 60 specialists for Reasonable Doubt: Examining The Case Of Lucy Letby, investigative author Christopher Morris raises questions about controversial claims that Letby poisoned the babies with insulin.
Owen pointed out that the juries in Letby’s two trials reached their verdicts despite the absence of forensic or CCTV evidence and the lack of a convincing motive. Independent reviews later found that the neonatal unit was understaffed and working beyond capacity.
He wrote:
Over the past two years, the Mail on Sunday has highlighted how Letby was convicted on the basis of contested statistical probabilities and increasingly disputed theories about how she might have inflicted harm on the babies.
In the book, Morris writes:
A very different story than the one set out in court is emerging and it is important this story is told, both to right a possible miscarriage of justice and to highlight that serious mistakes made in the management and care of infants may not have been properly addressed.
Morris quotes neonatologist Professor Shoo Lee, who convened an international panel of medical experts to produce fresh reports about the evidence cited in court, saying: “Anyone who reads the reports and still thinks that Lucy Letby is guilty should have their head examined.”