Exclusive: ‘No scientific justification’ to say former nurse definitely poisoned babies with insulin, according to study authors
Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others – including trying to murder two by insulin overdoses.Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others – including trying to murder two by insulin overdoses.definitely poisoned babies with insulin has “no scientific justification whatsoever” and there is a “very strong level of reasonable doubt” about the convictions, according to the authors of a 100-page study on the case.
The former nurse, now 35, is serving 15 whole-life prison terms after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others – including trying to murder two by insulin overdoses – at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west The prosecution said test results that showed low blood sugar and “abnormally high” insulin levels, with very low levels of C-peptide, meant it “must be that they have been given or taken” synthetic insulin that had not been prescribed.
He told the Guardian: “I’m not here to say whether Lucy Letby is a murderer, or an insulin poisoner, or that she’s guilty or not guilty. A second, more forensic, test should have been used to check the result. “I think the prosecution case missed a lot of the critical relevant science,” she said. “They presented just part of the story.”
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