Medical experts have said that Lucy Letby did not murder the babies and her legal team have said her conviction has been branded “one of the major injustices of modern times.”
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) who investigates miscarriages of justice will review Letby’s case as her legal team have made an application.
Letby is serving a 15 while life order after being convicted at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven babies and attempted to murder seven more, with two attempts on a victim between June 2015 and June 2016.
Last October the former Tory MP Sir David Davies has spent three months reviewing the evidence on the convicted murdered Lucy Letby.
The former Shadow Home Secretary said “judging on the evidence” he believes there is a very high chance that Letby is innocent.
Sir David who is also ex 21 SAS said there is “most likely 90 odd per cent” that Letby is “not guilty” of the crimes she was convicted for.
Davis believes there could be other explanations for the deaths of the babies, he said, “You can’t be certain, but most likely 90 odd per cent not guilty.
“The most likely reason is one of two things either poor management by the hospital or the Royal College found a superbug Pseudomonas. An investigation found that or both together. That’s much more likely.”
Peter Green, a former president of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), previously stated, “The chart appears to be very convincing, but there are a number of issues with it.
“A big thing is that it only describes 25 of the bad events which happened in this period.
“It doesn’t include any of the events that happened when Lucy was not on duty.”
Retired Canadian neonatologist Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies said a team of 14 neonatologists reviewed each murder case which led to her conviction.
Dr Lee said that he has since found flaws in the prosecution’s evidence for each of the cases.
He said, “There was no medical evidence to support malfeasance causing death or injury in any of the 17 cases at the trial.
“Death or injury of all the infants were due to natural causes or medical care.”
Lawyer Mark McDonald said, “What we have just heard and what will be in the report is overwhelming evidence that this conviction is unsafe and must be urgently referred back to the Court of Appeal.”
He added, “The reason why Lucy Letby was convicted was because of the medical evidence that was presented to the jury. That today has been demolished.”
Dr Lee added he will provide the evidence to the CCRC he hopes “our findings bring comfort and closure to the families to the affected infants and our hearts and sympathies go out to them.”
He said that there is “no medical evidence to support malfeasance causing death or injury in any of the 17 cases at the trial.”
A CCRC spokesperson said, “We are aware that there has been a great deal of speculation and commentary surrounding Lucy Letby’s case, much of it from parties with only a partial view of the evidence.
“We ask that everyone remembers the families affected by events at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
“We have received a preliminary application in relation to Ms Letby’s case, and work has begun to assess the application. We anticipate further submissions being made to us.
“It is not for the CCRC to determine innocence or guilt in a case, that’s a matter for the courts.
“It is for the CCRC to find, investigate and if appropriate, refer potential miscarriages of justice to the appellate courts when new evidence or new argument means there is a real possibility that a conviction will not be upheld, or a sentence reduced.
“At this stage it is not possible to determine how long it will take to review this application. A significant volume of complicated evidence was presented to the court in Ms Letby’s trials.
“The CCRC is independent. We do not work for the government, courts, police, the prosecution or for anyone applying for a review of their case. This helps us investigate alleged miscarriages of justice impartially.”
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