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Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ as public inquiry reports
UK NewsSeptember 15, 2026 at 6:05 AMNational

Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ as public inquiry reports

By Josh Halliday North of England editorThe Guardian - UK News

Some arguments used to challenge convictions are inconsistent with ‘available evidence, science and established physiology’, say two scientistsTwo leading experts have withdrawn from Lucy Letby’s defence team over concerns about the “scientific credibility” of some of its evidence.Separately a public inquiry into the murders will publish its findings on Tuesday. The review, led by Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall, is expected to highlight a number of missed opportunities for bosses to intervene after doctors raised the alarm about a spate of unexplained deaths on the neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. A criminal investigation is ongoing into potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester hospital. Continue reading...

Some arguments used to challenge convictions are inconsistent with ‘available evidence, science and established physiology’, say two scientists

Two leading experts have withdrawn from Lucy Letby’s defence team over concerns about the “scientific credibility” of some of its evidence.

Separately a public inquiry into the murders will publish its findings on Tuesday. The review, led by Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall, is expected to highlight a number of missed opportunities for bosses to intervene after doctors raised the alarm about a spate of unexplained deaths on the neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. A criminal investigation is ongoing into potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester hospital.

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