‘No medical evidence’ to support Lucy Letby’s conviction, expert panel finds
Babies former nurse was convicted of killing were victims of ‘bad medical care’ or died of natural causes, panel says
Babies the former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering were in fact the victims of “bad medical care” or deteriorated as a result of natural causes, an expert panel has concluded.
Outlining what the senior Conservative MP David Davis described as “one of worst injustices of recent times”, the international team told a press conference there was “no medical evidence” to support claims of deliberate harm.
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