Lucy Letby victim’s mum lashes out at campaign to free serial killer

The mum of a baby who Lucy Letby attempted to murder has called the findings of a new medical panel which claims Letby didn’t commit murder ‘disrespectful’.

The 35-year-old former nurse is currently serving 15 whole-life orders for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others in her care at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

But following an in-depth analysis of the deaths by a ‘dream team’ of the world’s top 14 neonatalists, no medical evidence of murder was found.

‘Every aspect of what they are doing is so disrespectful, it is very upsetting,’ the mum told the Mail.

‘We believe in the British justice system, we believe the jury made the right decision. We already have the truth and this panel of so-called experts don’t speak for us.’

Letby has always maintained her innocence, even after her conviction for attacking and killing infants by various means while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Cheshire Police are continuing to investigate any other potential murders linked to Letby.

The mum of the unnamed baby added: ‘We have every faith in what they did and their continuing thorough investigation.’

One such method Letby used was injecting air into the bloodstream, which caused an air embolism that blocked the blood supply and led to sudden and unexpected collapses.

But after reviewing each case, Retired medic Dr Shoo Lee said the panel found the babies had died from a variety of natural causes, none of which involved air embolisms or showed any signs of murder.

After conducting an ‘impartial evidence-based report’, he told journalists: ‘We did not find any murders. In all cases, death or injury were due to natural causes or just bad medical care.’

He also criticised the care provided at Countess of Chester Hospital and said ‘if this were a hospital in Canada, it would be shut down.

‘It would not be happening.’

Infection and ‘traumatic delivery’ were believed to the causes of deaths for other babies, while there was ‘no proof’ that another died after having its oxygen tube dislodged, which was another method Letby was accused of using to kill the infants.

Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal – in May for seven murders and seven attempted murders, and in October for the attempted murder of a baby girl which she was convicted of by a different jury at a retrial.

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