Lucy Letby’s case, the nurse condemned by the murder of seven babies And the attempted murder of another seven at the Countive Hospital of Chester, England, has taken an unexpected turn with the recent presentation of a report prepared by … A panel of international medical experts. The conclusion of this group of specialists, headed by Dr. Shoo Lee, a neonatologist recognized for his significant contributions to neonatal care, has unleashed a wave of questions about the veracity of the judicial process that led Letby to receive 15 perpetual chains as punishment for The crimes. The review of the case was requested by his legal team, headed by lawyer Mark McDonald.
During a press conference in Westminster, Dr. Lee declared that “We don’t find any murder.” His words, forceful and without nuances, mark a turning point in a case that has been involved in controversy from the beginning. According to this team of experts, composed of 14 world -renowned specialists in neonatology and pediatrics, the deaths of babies in question were due to natural causes or poor medical care in the neonatal unit of the hospital.
The 31 -page report details multiple failures in the Hospital’s Medical Care System. «If this had happened in Canada, The hospital would have been closed«, Said Dr. Lee, in whose report they mention critical problems such as the lack of trained personnel, delays in the administration of essential treatments, erroneous diagnoses and problems with hospital infrastructure, including failures in the pipe system.
One of the most shocking examples of the report focuses on the case of a newborn identified as “child 1”, a twin who died at 24 hours of birth. According to the prosecutor’s team, Letby would have injected air into his bloodstream to provoke his death. However, panel experts have concluded that the baby He died from thrombosis Due to the delay in administering an intravenous infusion after being intubated. “The lack of adequate attention protocol led to the formation of clots that committed the life of the newborn,” Lee explained.
Another case that doubts the narrative of the accusation is that of a 10 -week premature baby that, according to the prosecution, Letby tried to kill four times before achieving it. The new medical evaluation suggests that the girl died as a result of Complications derived from respiratory distress syndrome and a chronic lung disease. “The doctors ignored the signals of deterioration and did not administer adequate antibiotics in time,” said the document pointing out that his death could have been avoided with appropriate treatment.
Insulin
One of the pillars of the accusation against Letby was the alleged intentional administration of insulin to two babies. During the trial, the prosecution presented abnormally low levels of peptide C in the blood of babies, indicating the presence of exogenous insulin. However, the defense team did not present expert witnesses To refute this statement. Now, with the review of the experts convened by the defense, the validity of said test is seriously questioned. “Insulin and peptide levels can be affected by a series of factors, and the statement that these babies were poisoned is, at best, doubtful,” said Mark McDonald, Letby’s lawyer.
The report led by Dr. Lee also questions the scientific foundation of the prosecutor’s argument on air injection in the bloodstream. The accusation used an academic article published in 1989 by Lee himself on aerial embolisms as part of his evidence against Letby. However, at the press conference, Lee made it clear that his study described cases of arterial embolisms, While prosecutors claimed that Letby injected air into babies’ veins. “It is impossible for a venous embolism to cause the same clinical manifestations that we describe in our study,” said Lee, suggesting that the Prosecutor’s Office Malinter pretended or wrongly used his investigation.
Since Letby’s conviction, the defense has presentedor two appeal applications, both rejected by the Court of Appeals. However, with this new report in hand, the legal team of Letby has submitted a preliminary application before the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC), which has the authority to send the case again to the Court of Appeals if it considers that there is a real possibility that the conviction is annulled.
Case review
The conservative parliamentarian David Davis, one of those who have been supporting the review of the case, described Letby’s conviction as “One of the worst injustices of modern times.” In his speech during the press conference, Davis emphasized the seriousness of procedural errors and the lack of conclusive medical evidence: “If we eliminate the testimony of the prosecution’s experts, the only thing that remains is circumstantial evidence and conjectures.”
Meanwhile, British public opinion It is still divided around this case. While some families of the victims have expressed outrage at the possibility that Letby is exonerated, other sectors have expressed concern about what could be a serious judicial error. “It’s a devastating blow to parents who have believed in Letby’s guilt,” said a representative of one of the affected families. “But if there is the slightest possibility that it has been mistakenly convicted, we must investigate it to the last consequences.”
Lucy Letby’s future is still uncertain. If the CCRC decides to send the case to the Court of Appeals, the door would open to a possible new trial or even cancellation of his conviction. What is undeniable is that this report has thrown new shadows on one of the most media and controversial judgments in the recent history of the United Kingdom. As Dr. Lee concluded: «We did not find any murder. We find medical errors, we find negligence, but not murder ». Now, it is the task of the judicial system to determine if these new evidence are enough to reverse one of the most shocking sentences of recent years.
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