MP demands retrial of Letby, claims ‘no solid evidence’

Former Conservative cabinet minister Sir David Davis has called for a retrial of convicted baby serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.

He said in a Commons adjournment debate: “There was no solid evidence against Letby, no one saw him do anything untoward.”

Sir David said that much of the evidence was “based on the doctor’s gut feeling… based on a coincidence that she was on shift for a number of deaths, and that is significant, although far from all of them, far from all of them”.

He said he had believed the “tabloid narrative” about Letby’s conviction until medical professionals and academic experts contacted him.

He alleged that staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Letby worked, had also contacted him in confidence.

Sir David told the Commons: “In my view, there is a case for retrial in justice. But there is a problem: one of the problems we have is that most of the evidence was available at the time.

“What I have described is an expert analysis of the case notes, which existed at the time, but were not presented to the jury.

“That means the court of appeals can dismiss it, basically saying the defense should have presented it at the initial trial.

“It’s saying in essence, ‘If your defense team wasn’t good enough to present this evidence, then unfortunately, you’ll be bothered for the rest of your life.’

“Now this may be judicially convenient, but it is not justice.”

The former Brexit secretary claimed case notes showed the cases of Baby O and Baby C involved “sub-optimal care”.

He said the doctors involved were prosecution witnesses.

The MP also reiterated doubts over the validity of the evidence provided by expert witness Dr Davy Evans.

Sir David claimed the “inaccurate” statistical evidence against Letby was ultimately worse than the discredited data Used against Cheshire solicitor Sally ClarkWhose conviction for the murder of his two sons was overturned in 2003.

Letby, from Hereford, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of seven others, after pleading guilty to two attempts on one of her victims in the Countess between June 2015 and June 2016. After leaving, 15 life orders are being served. Chester Hospital.

Justice Minister Alex Davis-Jones said it was “an important principle of the rule of law that the government does not interfere in judicial decisions”.

He further said, “It is not appropriate for me or the government to comment on the judicial processes nor the conviction or the credibility of the evidence.”

Ms Davies-Jones later told the Commons that Letby could apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission if she felt she had been wrongly convicted.

Letby lost two bids to challenge his conviction in the Court of Appeal last year – in May last year for seven murders and seven attempted murders, and in October for the attempted murder of a child, for which he was given a Was convicted by a different jury. retest