Lady Justice Thirlwall says doubts over nurse’s convictions have come ‘entirely from people who were not at the trial’
Comments on the validity of Lucy Letby’s convictions have created a “noise that caused an enormous amount of stress” for the parents of the victims, a judge warned on the opening day of a public inquiry.
Thirlwall said it was not for her to review the convictions, and the court of appeal had done that with a “clear result”; three senior judges denied Letby permission to appeal in a 58-page judgment published in May. “All of this noise has caused additional enormous stress for the parents who have suffered far too much. It’s not for me to set about reviewing the convictions. The court of appeal has done that with a very a clear result. The convictions stand.”
The counsel to the inquiry, Rachel Langdale KC, went over the evidence in Letby’s two trials before outlining some of the key moments at the Countess of Chester hospital including the conduct of staff at the hospital and whether suspicions should have been raised earlier. Langdale also told the inquiry that on 2 July 2015 there was a meeting to discuss the deaths of three babies – which “with hindsight … may represent a significant opportunity missed”.
She said the inquiry would hear that the crimes of Allitt formed part of the training course Letby underwent at the University of Chester.
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