Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns
Two scientific experts have resigned from Lucy Letby's legal defence team, citing concerns that some arguments being presented are inconsistent with established science. Letby, a former nurse, is currently serving multiple life sentences for the murder and attempted murder of infants.
Why it matters
The withdrawal of key experts undermines the credibility of the ongoing appeal process regarding one of the UK's most high-profile criminal cases.
Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials. Photograph: Publicity image Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials. Photograph: Publicity image Lucy Letby Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns Some of the arguments inconsistent with ‘available evidence, science and established physiology’, say pair
Prefer the Guardian on Google Two leading experts have withdrawn from Lucy Letby’s defence team over concerns about the “scientific credibility” of some of its evidence.
The former neonatal nurse is challenging her convictions for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the UK’s miscarriage of justice watchdog, is considering a dossier of evidence submitted last year by experts on her behalf.
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