Posted on 09/09/2024 5:47:48 AM PDT by RandFan
The public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Letby's crimes, which was set up by the government last year following her conviction, will begin hearings at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.
But the inquiry will not address the question - a growing one in the minds of many - of Letby's guilt.
The former neonatal nurse was sentenced to life imprisonment last year for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the Countess of Chester Hospital between the summers of 2015 and 2016.
At a recent retrial she was convicted of attempting to murder another baby.
It confirmed her as the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history.
The judge said she was guilty of a "cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children".
She had, he said, "a deep malevolence bordering on sadism".
Letby's attempts to appeal against her conviction have been rejected by judges. She has appointed a new legal team and plans to take her case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Her new lawyer Mark McDonald posted last week: "The day after Lucy was convicted I raised concerns. I was attacked for speaking out, even reported to my professional body.
"There are many hurdles to overcome in coming years but one day justice will be done and those wrongly convicted will be freed."
The development had added fuel to the campaign being waged by an unlikely alliance in support of Letby's case.
In May, before Letby's retrial began, a 13,000-word article in the New Yorker magazine raised questions about her initial conviction. It mobilised new recruits to the army of armchair Letby pundits
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
The evidence against her is huge. This is like the people who thought that OJ was innocent.
She was found guilty by two different juries and the prosecution presented Post-it notes, which were found after a police search on her home. “I am evil I did this”, she’d written. “I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them [and] I am a horrible evil person.”
Sounds pretty much like a confession to me.
I know the evidence looks damming but it’s not necessarily a slam dunk
A lot is circumstantial.
Will we ever know? If there is some doubt the conviction is not safe
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