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A drawing of nurse Lucy Letby listening to the verdicts being read at Manchester Crown Court, where she is charged with the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of another ten, between June 2015 and June 2016 while working on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital, August 11 2023
[Elizabeth Cook]
THE public inquiry into the crimes of serial killer Lucy Letby must be strengthened, the ex-chief nursing officer urged today.
Dame Christine Beasley said the non-statutory nature of the probe announced last week after the baby killer’s conviction means witnesses “can opt out if they want to.”
The intervention came as Tory Children’s Minister Claire Coutinho argued that the independent inquiry will be “much quicker.”
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
