A panel of 14 international medical experts has cast doubt on the evidence that led to the conviction of Lucy Letby, a British nurse serving 15 life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. Dr. Shoo Lee, a retired Canadian neonatologist, said they found no evidence of murder in any of the cases reviewed. Letby, 35, was convicted in August 2023 of crimes allegedly committed between June 2015 and June 2016.
The experts concluded the prosecution had misinterpreted Lee's 1989 research during Letby's trial, particularly regarding skin discoloration as a sign of air embolism. They determined the infants' deaths or injuries were due to natural causes or errors in medical care, contradicting the prosecution's claims that Letby killed the babies using different methods. The defense has applied to the UK's Criminal Cases Review Commission, an independent public body that reviews possible miscarriages of justice.
A separate investigation into the hospital's systemic failures that led to repeated harm to babies is set to conclude next month.
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