New medical evidence in the case of convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby is being presented in a move her barrister hopes will clear her name.
An international panel of medical experts has provided case summaries on all 17 babies who featured in the 10-month trial of Letby.
Her lawyer, Mark McDonald will deliver the findings of the group of neonatologists to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) and will call for the case to be referred back to the Court of Appeal.
The former neonatal nurse, 35, is serving 15 whole life orders in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further seven between June 2015 and June 2016.
Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.
McDonald said: “The fresh evidence totally undermines the prosecution case at trial.
“This is the largest international review of neonatal medicine ever undertaken, the results of which show Lucy Letby’s convictions are no longer safe.”
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The fresh evidence has been presented to the CCRC, which investigates potential miscarriages of justice.
A 14-strong panel of experts concluded that no criminal offences had been committed and instead provided alternative causes of death.
Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life orders (Photo: Cheshire Constabulary/PA Wire)Poor medical care and natural causes were the reasons for babies collapsing at the hospital’s neonatal unit, the panel found.
A separate report from seven medics claims the results of insulin tests on two infants Letby was convicted of poisoning were unreliable.
Their report summary concluded the jury was misled in several “important areas”, including medical and evidential facts, and that key information on the insulin testing procedure was not submitted.
Last month, lawyers for the families of Letby’s victims branded the panel’s findings as “full of analytical holes” and “a rehash” of the defence case.
Summaries on all 17 babies presented to CCRC
Baby 1 (Child A in the trial)
Prosecutors said the boy was murdered by an injection of air into the bloodstream, which caused an air embolism where bubbles form and block the blood supply.
The panel found no evidence of air embolism and said the child died from thrombosis, where a blood clot forms in a vessel.
Baby 2 (Child B)
The prosecution said Letby attempted to murder Child A’s twin sister by also injecting air into her bloodstream.
But the panel found no evidence of air embolism and said the child had collapsed from thrombosis.
Baby 3 (Child C)
The prosecution said the boy was murdered with air forced down his feeding tube and into his stomach.
However, the panel said the child died following ineffective resuscitation from a collapse after an “acute small bowel obstruction” that went unrecognised.
Baby 4 (Child D)
The prosecution said the girl was murdered by an injection of air into the bloodstream.
The panel found no evidence of air embolism and ruled the child died of systemic sepsis, pneumonia and disseminated intravascular coagulation (blood clotting). Issues with failures to give relevant antibiotics were also identified.
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Baby 5 (Child E)
The Crown said Letby murdered the twin boy with an injection of air into the bloodstream, and she also deliberately caused bleeding to the infant.
The panel said there was no evidence of air embolism, and bleeding was caused either by a lack of oxygen pre-birth or a congenital blood vessel condition.
Baby 6 (Child F)
The prosecution said Letby attempted to murder Child E’s twin brother by administering insulin.
The panel ruled that the child’s insulin levels and insulin/C-peptide ratio did not prove that exogenous insulin was used and was within the norm for pre-term infants.
It added that there was poor medical management of the child’s prolonged hypoglycaemia.
Baby 7 (Child G)
The prosecution said Letby attempted to murder the girl by overfeeding her with milk and forcing air down her feeding tube.
The panel said there was no evidence to support air injection into the stomach or overfeeding.
The infant’s vomiting and clinical deterioration were due to infection, it found.
Baby 8 (Child H)
Jurors cleared Letby of one count of attempted murder and failed to reach a verdict on a second count.
Prosecutors said the nurse sabotaged the girl’s care in some way, which led to two profound oxygen desaturations.
The panel said the deteriorations were due to medical mismanagement of a tension pneumothorax, where air is trapped between the lung and chest wall.
Baby 9 (Child I)
The prosecution said Letby murdered the infant by injecting air into her bloodstream and stomach.
The panel said it found no evidence of air injections and that the baby died of breathing complications caused by respiratory distress syndrome and chronic lung disease.
Baby 10 (Child J)
Jurors could not reach a verdict on an allegation of attempted murder. The prosecution identified no specific form of harm, but they said Letby did something to cause the collapse of the girl.
The panel said the deterioration was caused by sepsis, and there was no evidence to support malicious airway obstruction.
Baby 11 (Child K)
The prosecution said Letby attempted to murder the girl by deliberately dislodging her breathing tube.
Among its findings, the panel said there was no evidence to support a dislodged endotracheal tube (ETT), and the clinical deterioration was caused by the use of an undersized ETT.
Baby 12 (Child L)
The Crown said the nurse poisoned the boy with insulin. The panel said the infant’s insulin-related levels were within the norm for pre-term infants and there was no evidence of deliberate administration.
Baby 13 (Child M)
Prosecutors said Letby attempted to murder Child L’s twin brother by injecting air into his bloodstream.
The panel said there was no evidence of air embolism and his collapse was caused by sepsis or a heart problem.
Baby 14 (Child N)
The Crown said the boy was the victim of attempted murder by inflicted trauma in his throat and an air injection into his bloodstream.
The panel said there was no air embolism and it was likely his blood oxygen levels dropped due to his haemophilia condition or routine cares, which was “exacerbated” by repeated attempts to insert a breathing tube.
Baby 15 (Child O)
The prosecution said Letby murdered the triplet boy by injecting air into his bloodstream and inflicting trauma to his liver.
The panel said he died from liver damage caused by traumatic delivery, resulting in bleeding in the abdomen and profound shock.
Baby 16 (Child P)
Prosecutors said Letby murdered Child O’s brother by injecting him with air. The panel said there was no evidence to support that mechanism and that he died from a collapsed lung that was “suboptimally managed”.
Baby 17 (Child Q)
Jurors could not reach a verdict on an allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby attempted to murder the boy by injecting liquid, and possibly air, down his feeding tube.
The panel said there was no evidence to support air injection into the stomach and the child deteriorated because he had early symptoms of a serious gastrointestinal problem, or sepsis.
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