Retired neonatal expert who chaired committee of 14 global experts who reviewed the Letby medical evidence said ‘we did not find any murder’
The arrest of Lucy Letby. She is now at the centre of one of the biggest alleged miscarriage of justice campaigns in British history. Photograph: Cheshire Constabulary/PA WireOn Tuesday morning a giddy media pack filed into the Smeaton Room, an oak-panelled banqueting suite near Birdcage Walk in Westminster. The frisson seemed almost inappropriate.
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 4: Dr Shoo Lee gestures as he speaks during a press conference to present new evidence regarding the safety of the convictions of former nurse, Lucy Letby, on February 4, 2025 in London, England. Analysis conducted by 14 neonatologists was revealed at a press conference in central London and by Dr Shoo Lee, who has previously claimed his research on air embolism in babies was misinterpreted by the prosecution at Letby's 10-month trial.
But, as Davis said, Lee was the “star of the show”. He spoke for an hour and 10 minutes uninterrupted as he laid out in forensic detail the rationale behind the panel’s conclusion that the evidence used to convict Letby was all wrong. The initial frisson was soon dampened by what felt like a college science lecture.
Lee went through the cases. Baby 1, the prosecution argued, died after being injected with air. The panel concluded she actually died of natural causes – thrombosis. Baby 4 was also said to have been injected with air. The experts said the child had instead died of “systemic sepsis and pneumonia”, which should have been spotted and treated with antibiotics.
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