The Lynching of Lucy Letby

Lucy Letby inquiry: what have we learnt as it comes to an end? new Lady Justice Thirlwall has not rehashed the trial — instead she looked at what might have been done to stop the nurse’s killing spree sooner Constance Kampfner , Northern Correspondent Friday January 17 2025, 5.00pm GMT, The Times S ince the autumn, two competing debates have unfolded simultaneously in the public arena, each claiming to try and get to the bottom of what happened at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016. Inside Liverpool Town Hall, an orderly succession of witnesses — hospital bosses, NHS leaders and bereaved parents — have sought to answer how and why opportunities were missed to prevent the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby from murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven more. Lady Justice Thirlwall, who has been conducting the inquiry, which heard its final evidence this week, was critical of that “noise” as she opened proceedings in September. Those casting doubt on the verdict...

  Rise in baby deaths on Letby’s ward was ‘not surprising at all’ Joe Pinkstone Science Correspondent THE spike in baby deaths at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked was not surprising, a leading statistician has said. Letby, 35, was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others at the Countess of Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016. The investigation began after doctors noticed an uptick in “inexplicable” deaths in the neonatal unit, with nine deaths in 2015 rather than the usual average of two. There was also a rise the following year. This spike, combined with a chart showing Letby was on shift when every child died at the unit over a 13-month span, was critical evidence in her trial. She is serving 15 whole life terms in prison. Statisticians have since questioned the veracity and validity of both of these pieces of evidence. Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics at the University of Cambridge, told the Thirlwall Inqu...

Peter Hitchens: Why I'm. BEGGING you to read these disturbing new claims in the Lucy Letby case LISTEN:  The Trial of Lucy Letby, the No.1 True Crime podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts now. This series, we’re bringing you the most important updates from The Thirwall Inquiry, new episodes weekly By  PETER HITCHENS FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Published:   16:47 GMT, 11 January 2025  |  Updated:   16:50 GMT, 11 January 2025 e-mail 67 shares 595 View comments In the words I reproduce below, there is something very shocking about the  Lucy Letby  case. It comes from a speech made in the House of Commons last Wednesday, which I must quote exactly and fully for legal reasons. It was greatly overshadowed by other events in Parliament that day and so has not – in my view – got the attention it deserved. Some of it is a little technical, but I think most people will be able to cope. It is also distressing, but that cannot be avoided. It for...