Livestream Lucy Letby Inquiry to Avoid ‘Conspiracy Theories,’ Say Families

Published on May 17, 2024

Families of the victims have called for a public inquiry into the deaths of babies at the hands of nurse Lucy Letby to be livestreamed to prevent the spread of “grossly offensive” conspiracy theories. Letby, 34, was given 14 whole life orders in August 2023 after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester. She faces a retrial next month on a single count of attempted murder after the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Child K, who died in February 2016. Earlier this week The New Yorker magazine published an article that questioned the evidence used to convict Letby....