Medical Experts Find Lucy Letby Innocent

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A panel of medical experts all agreed that Lucy Letby was not responsible for the death of the babies in the hospital where she worked.

From a past discussion about this topic on ATS, I was convinced something wasn't right about this case, not only with the hospital's lack of cleanliness, lack of staffing and questionable procedures, but the court proceedings, or rather her defence team's approach seemed to be lacking.
 

The defence team inexplicably called no expert witnesses to give evidence, and although the judge was advised by Letby’s barrister that the prosecution lead witness was unreliable, it was nonetheless his opinion that formed the basis of his summing up. The jury were told that the babies were mostly healthy and well and that the deaths and deteriorations were unexpected. This is not the case; the babies were either overtly unwell, or at high risk of developing complications. Further, the significance of crucial information from the medical records and postmortem examinations was not recognised. The jury therefore reached their verdict on the basis of information that was incomplete and misleading. This cannot be any basis for a fair trial.
 
This tragic case calls for national reflection on multiple counts. How can the NHS be restored to its previous position of pre-eminence among global health systems? What institution or organisation is best placed to advise on the competency of medical experts, and will they rise to this responsibility? A court of law is no place to determine complex issues of medical causality, nor are victims or accused served well by an adversarial process.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...al-justice

Many of the flaws of this case are explained in the article below, as well as how the medical experts arrived at their findings.

Whether Letby’s team’s appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission will be successful or not remains to be seen. The statistical issues over the case, when taken alongside the doubts about the medical evidence, mean that there is certainly a possibility.

https://theconversation.com/experts-have...nce-249221