Expert witness condemns claims by Lucy Letby’s lawyer

Dr Dewi Evans says allegations made by former nurse’s barrister are ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘inaccurate’

A doctor has said claims he has changed his mind over the cause of death for three of Lucy Letby’s victims are “unsubstantiated” and “inaccurate”.

Retired consultant paediatrician Dr Dewi Evans responded to the assertions of Letby’s barrister, Mark McDonald, who said the prosecution’s lead medical witness had altered his views on how the infants had died at the Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit.

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