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High Court Orders CMO Oversight in Letby Colleague Inquiry as Conviction Evidence Is Challenged

The ruling follows revelations from an ITV documentary alongside leaked hospital emails that have reignited expert disputes over the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby.

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Lucy Letby with Dawn, who maintains her friend is innocent

Overview

  • Mr Justice Sheldon ruled that Dr MN’s internal investigation must be led by the chief medical officer in line with his employment contract.
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a probe into a consultant accused of sharing Baby N’s confidential records with Lucy Letby.
  • Leaked emails from December 2015 reveal persistent Pseudomonas contamination and infrastructure failures in the neonatal unit where Letby worked.
  • ITV’s Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? features medical and statistical experts questioning key trial evidence and proposing alternative explanations for the infant deaths.
  • The Criminal Cases Review Commission continues its review of Letby’s convictions while Cheshire Constabulary maintains separate investigations into other baby deaths and collapses.