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Former Guard Describes Lucy Letby’s Dishevelled First Night as Case Review Begins

Her lawyers claim undisclosed new findings may overturn her 15 whole-life orders, triggering a fresh investigation into neonatal deaths at her former hospitals

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Overview

  • A former Styal Prison officer known only as Dave said Letby arrived looking unkempt and appeared drained during her first night in the segregation unit
  • Days after being handed 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven infants and attempting to kill seven more, Letby was moved from Styal Prison to HMP Bronzefield
  • Her legal team has submitted a report of fresh evidence to the Criminal Cases Review Commission seeking to overturn her convictions
  • Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for an urgent re-examination of her case after experts raised “serious and credible” questions about the trial evidence
  • Cheshire Constabulary is examining all fatal and non-fatal collapses of infants at the Countess of Chester and Liverpool Women’s Hospitals from 2012 to 2016, when Letby worked there