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Hospital executives call for suspension of Lucy Letby public inquiry

Inquiry chair Lady Justice Thirlwall said she had received the request last month.

Evening Standard

Hospital executives join calls for Lucy Letby inquiry to be suspended

Inquiry chair Lady Justice Thirlwall said she had received the request last month from counsel for former executives at the Countess of Chester Hospital

The Independent UK

Police have made ‘huge mistake’ with hospital charges statement – Letby lawyer

Police say staff at the hospital where Letby worked could face manslaughter charges.

The Independent UK

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Lucy Letby's lawyer says police hospital manslaughter charges statement is 'huge mistake'

‘It is time they take a step back and ask themselves whether have they made a huge mistake’ - Lucy Letby’s lawyer Mark McDonald

Evening Standard

Police start manslaughter inquiry into senior individuals at Letby hospital

Officers say they have widened investigations despite questions over nurse’s convictions for killing babies

The Guardian - UK

Staff could face gross negligence manslaughter charges in Letby probe – police

Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby hospital staff investigated over gross negligence manslaughter

Suspects have been told, say Cheshire police, who are still working on separate corporate manslaughter probe

The Independent UK

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Mother admits killing baby found dumped in bin bag in woodland

Baby Callum was found close to Gulliver’s World theme park in Warrington, Cheshire, on March 14 1998

The Independent UK

XL bullies shot 19 times to end vicious attack on 84-year old man

Police chief compares breed to ‘owning loaded firearm with questionable safety catch’ after Warrington attack

The Independent UK

Man, 84, seriously injured in XL bully attack

Cheshire Constabulary say officers destroyed two XL bully dogs at the scene in Warrington

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry: Hospital chief thought nurse may be innocent after arrest

Dr Susan Gilby recalled what she said was a ‘quite bizarre’ discussion with Tony Chambers weeks after Letby’s arrest

The Independent UK

Hospital chief had wrongful conviction concerns after Letby arrest, inquiry told

Dr Susan Gilby was giving evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry into the events surrounding Lucy Letby’s crimes.

Evening Standard

Former nursing boss says Lucy Letby is ‘innocent’ and regularly ‘cried in my arms’

Karen Rees said: ‘She cried in my arms on a weekly basis. It was harrowing’

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby’s lawyers urge review of case after medical experts claim babies were not murdered

A panel of neonatal experts has claimed the infants died of natural causes and poor medical care as killer nurse applies to overturn her 2023 conviction

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Evening Standard

Lucy Letby latest: Medical experts ‘did not find any murders’

Letby’s case will be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby convictions branded ‘one of major injustices of modern times’

The convicted child serial killer nurse is serving a whole life jail term for the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of seven others.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby latest: Doctor claims 'there were no murders' amid campaign to free child serial killer

The convicted child serial killer nurse is serving a whole life jail term for the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of seven others

The Independent UK

Leading doctor says research was misrepresented in Letby trial

Dr Shoo Lee said he ‘wasn’t happy’ at how his research was used to convict Lucy Letby

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Police continue to probe two baby deaths in 2015 and 2016, Letby inquiry told

Some 17 deaths have been looked at by Cheshire Constabulary but two remain under investigation.

Evening Standard

‘Significant changes and improvements’ to hospital since Letby attack spree

Chief executive Jane Tomkinson told an inquiry she was ‘truly sorry’ on behalf of the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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Convicted Killer Nurse Lucy Letby Seeks Appeal Over Expert Testimony

Convicted killer nurse Lucy Letby seeks appeal after expert's revised opinion on infant deaths. Defense challenges convictions as doubts arise about guilt....

Evening Standard

Letby not referred to regulator by bosses over ‘lack of evidence’, inquiry hears

Consultant paediatricians at the Countess of Chester Hospital flagged up their increasing worries over the child serial killer in late June 2016.

Evening Standard

Duty of candour in NHS ‘does not work and needs urgent review’, inquiry told

Former senior ombudsman Sir Rob Behrens was giving evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Coroner never told by hospital bosses of Lucy Letby suspicions, inquiry told

A number of the baby deaths had already been referred to the coroner’s office

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby interviewed in prison by police over deaths of more babies

Cheshire Constabulary confirms 34-year-old questioned under caution over suspicious infant deaths and collapses at Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital

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