Posted on 12/17/2024 8:48:39 AM PST by RandFan
An expert witness has described criticisms of his evidence by Lucy Letby's lawyers as "unsubstantiated, unfounded, inaccurate".
On Monday, the former neonatal nurse's legal team revealed they would ask the Court of Appeal to immediately review all of her convictions.
They alleged lead prosecution expert Dr Dewi Evans had altered his view about how three babies died at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
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Letby is serving 15 whole-life jail terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.
Mr McDonald told a news conference in London on Monday that Dr Evans had altered his view about how babies had died at the unit.
He said: "Remarkably, Dr Evans has now changed his mind on the cause of death of three of the babies: Baby C, Baby I and Baby P.
The barrister added: "Dr Evans had said to the jury that Lucy Letby had injected air down a nasal gastric tube and this had led to the death of the three babies.
"This was repeated to the Court of Appeal, who may have been misled when they ruled on the application for leave against the convictions."
He said Dr Evans had "revised his opinion in relation to Baby C" and had written a new report which he had given to police months ago.
But, he said "despite numerous requests" the prosecution had "yet to give this report to the defence".
"The defence will argue that Dr Evans is not a reliable expert, and all the convictions are not safe," Mr McDonald said.
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Lucy Letby’s lawyer seems to just be making stuff up as far as I can tell. The doctor concerned has totally contradicted him.
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