Overview

• A former HMP Styal officer described Letby as calm yet “very, very strange” during her first night under constant watch on remand.
• A newly surfaced May 2017 email has cast doubt on the official chronology of her shifts and the timing of infant collapses.
• Letby’s legal team submitted a 698-page expert report arguing that the babies died from natural causes and care shortcomings rather than homicide.
• Sir Jeremy Hunt and Nigel Farage have publicly voiced doubts over the convictions and urged the Criminal Cases Review Commission to consider an appeal referral.
• Cheshire Constabulary’s ongoing review of neonatal unit incidents and Lady Justice Thirlwall’s public inquiry, due in November 2025, are probing possible systemic failures at the hospitals.