The Lynching of Lucy Letby


As any prior reader of my blog will know, I've exclusively written on feminism, especially with regard to trans activism and the long assault it has waged on women, women's spaces and reality.

I didn't want to merge this with Letby, because it is of course highly controversial as well as unrelated. The time I have is now more limited and it's important to keep up the momentum now that we have Labour at the helm.

But, the part that initially intrigued me was the chatter concerning Letby's motivation. 

It was, according to many, including a prosecution theory, to get the mysterious 'Dr A', with whom she'd allegedly had an affair, down to the ward.

I find that a grievously offensive, overly simplistic explanation for serial murder of delicate babies.

We know that when women do kill it tends to be the vulnerable, especially the vulnerable they are charged with caring for. I'm under no illusions that women can do despicable things. But the violence does tend to be less common and less severe. The violence allegedly unleashed on those babies, especially Child O, was extreme.

That is, if the second pathologist, on his second or third look at notes, after 'advice' on what to see, can be believed.

Letby was in her mid twenties. She had never even got a parking ticket. She had a thriving social life that included many friends from school. Despite exhaustive searches through her home, parents home, devices and considerable time for anyone who knows her to come forward, not one person has said she babysit them when she was younger, and was mean. Not a single story of attention seeking, stealing, stalking, lying, sadism, kicking a dog that bit her. Not even a tendency towards drama, or hysteria. 

Nothing.

Which is curious.

Then we are told that Rosemary West had a similar story, although I'm unconvinced by this. West, as well as Myra Hindley, Vanessa George, Vikki Bevan etc were all in folie à deux or more mundane relationships with men already known to be violent. The offending was with, or for, those men.

It's not the same as a woman acting alone.  

The narrative then follows that it's because of her blonde, white, vanilla blandness anyone would doubt her guilt. 

I suspect that actually, her inoffensive, stereotypically virginal and by-the-book character is actually what makes her so deliciously attractive as a villain. 

It appears her vilification has provided a cathartic channel to many, and it even makes those relieved by this vehicle for their bile, and, yes, misogyny, too, to feel righteous in doing so.

I don't know how much I'll post, but in the meantime there are many more brilliant than me who can fill you in.

Thanks.

Peter Elston's Mephitis

Michael McConville's The Other Side of Lucy Letby 

Peter & Michael's podcast We Need To Talk About Lucy Letby 

Richard Gill's Blog Gill1109.com

Tried by Stats

Science on Trial

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