Criminal Cases Review Commission establishes team to look into claims Lucy Letby is the victim of a miscarriage of justice

Daily Mail ^ | 2 Feb | By RICHARD MARSDEN

[RandFan]

Independent reviewers are preparing to look into claims that Lucy Letby is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, it emerged yesterday.

Three members of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) are familiarising themselves with the case ahead of a formal application being lodged – although this is not thought to have happened yet.

Tomorrow, the former neo-natal nurse’s defence team is expected to outline details of an independent review by a ‘blue-ribbon committee’ of 14 international medical experts into the seven murders and eight attempted murders of babies in her care.

The 35-year-old is serving 15 whole life terms in jail for harming the babies while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016.

Among the experts speaking at tomorrow’s press conference is Dr Shoo Lee, author of a 1989 academic paper used by the prosecution to explain how Letby killed babies by injecting them with air.

Dr Lee, president of the Canadian Neo-natal Foundation, is expected to say that none of the babies should have been diagnosed with air embolism because it is a ‘very rare and specific condition’, The Sunday Times reported.

The prosecution in Letby’s case claimed skin discolouration on the babies’ bodies was evidence of air embolism – but Dr Lee said the type of discolouration did not match ‘specific’ tell-tale patterns he identified.

[RandFan]

Very interesting there is ample new evidence and the CCRC is a government body who has the power to order a re-trial or to recommend quashing the conviction. It's very rare though but can happen.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sounds like the only evidence they had was “expert” testimony.

Scary.

[RandFan]

It’s going to be thrown out it looks like

I remember at the time (its nearly 10 years now!!) there was a lot made about the staff rota and other circumstantial evidence. The media declared her a monster.

Her conviction is not safe IMO they’re going through the process now of reviewing it