Inquiry into UK hospital where a nurse killed 7 babies will not review evidence against her
An inquiry into an English hospital where a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others has begun as her supporters push to clear her name
LONDON (AP) — An inquiry into an English hospital where a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others began Tuesday as her supporters push to clear her name.
But the inquiry’s head made it clear it would not be a review of Lucy Letby ’s conviction, but a deeper look into how failures led babies to repeatedly be harmed at the Countess of Chester Hospital, how staff and management responded and how parents were treated.
Justice Kathryn Thirlwall said the Court of Appeal had reviewed the convictions “with a very clear result," but noted that a loud chorus on the validity of selected evidence came from people not present at the trial.
“All of this noise has caused enormous additional distress to the parents who have already suffered far too much," said Thirlwall, who noted the inquiry was named after her so families don't have to repeatedly see “the name of the person convicted of harming their babies.”
