Lucy Letby should be released IMMEDIATELY & put under house arrest – families deserve the truth, says doc

LUCY Letby should be released immediately and put under house arrest, says the doctor whose work was used to prosecute her. Dr Shoo Lee, one of Canada's top neonatologists, believes the nurse is "innocent" and her conviction was based on "wrong evidence". He assembled a group of neonatologists and paediatric experts to analyse each of the 17 deaths and found their was no medical evidence to suggest they were murdered.

Their report, which was revealed at a press conference on Tuesday, has been sent to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to decide whether the nurse's sentence could amount to a miscarriage of justice. Dr Lee, whose academic paper on air embolisms was used to prosecute the nurse, added "there is the option of house arrest". One parent of a baby boy killed by Letby called the review a "publicity stunt" staged by the nurse's defence team.

The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, called the panel "so disrespectful". "It is very upsetting," she added. Letby is serving 15 whole-life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others in her care at the Countess of Chester Hospital. At her trial, Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC said: "The truth is that Lucy Letby had a fascination with the babies she had murdered and attempted to murder, and with their families.

"She took pleasure in her murderous handiwork.". The prosecution used an academic paper by Dr Lee to support the theory that she killed some of the infants by injecting them with air. But according to the doctor, his paper was "misrepresented". Despite enjoying a peaceful retirement on his farm in Canada, he decided to testify for Letby at her appeal in October 2023 - which subsequently failed. In an exclusive interview with The Sun - after launching a renewed bid to challenge her conviction - he revealed why he came out of retirement to try to clear Letby's name.

He said: "Sometimes in life we need people to stand up for us and if we don't do that then we're a bit short on humanity.". Child A, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby injected air intravenously into the bloodstream of the baby boy. COUNT 1 GUILTY. Child B, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby attempted to murder the baby girl, the twin sister of Child A, by injecting air into her bloodstream. COUNT 2 GUILTY.

Child C, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said Letby forced air down a feeding tube and into the stomach of the baby boy. COUNT 3 GUILTY. Child D, allegation of murder. The Crown said air was injected intravenously into the baby girl. COUNT 4 GUILTY. Child E, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby murdered the twin baby boy with an injection of air into the bloodstream and also deliberately caused bleeding to the infant. COUNT 5 GUILTY.

Child F, allegation of attempted murder. Letby was said by prosecutors to have poisoned the twin brother of Child E with insulin. COUNT 6 GUILTY. Child G, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby targeted the baby girl by overfeeding her with milk and pushing air down her feeding tube. COUNT 7 GUILTY, COUNT 8 GUILTY, COUNT 9 NOT GUILTY. Child H, two allegations of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby sabotaged the care of the baby girl in some way which led to two profound oxygen desaturations. COUNT 10 NOT GUILTY, COUNT 11 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.

Child I, allegation of murder. The prosecution said Letby killed the baby girl at the fourth attempt and had given her air and overfed her with milk. COUNT 12 GUILTY. Child J, allegation of attempted murder. No specific form of harm was identified by the prosecution but they said Letby did something to cause the collapse of the baby girl. COUNT 13 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT. Child K, allegation of attempted murder. The prosecution said Letby compromised the baby girl as she deliberately dislodged a breathing tube. COUNT 14 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT AT ORIGINAL TRIAL, NOW GUILTY AFTER RETRIAL.

Child L, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said the nurse poisoned the twin baby boy with insulin. COUNT 15 GUILTY. Child M, allegation of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby injected air into the bloodstream of Child L's twin brother. COUNT 16 GUILTY. Child N, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby inflicted trauma in the baby boy's throat and also injected him with air in the bloodstream. COUNT 17 GUILTY, COUNT 18 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT, COUNT 19 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.

Child O, allegation of murder. Prosecutors say Letby attacked the triplet boy by injecting him with air, overfeeding him with milk and inflicting trauma to his liver with "severe force". COUNT 20 GUILTY. Child P, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said the nurse targeted the triplet brother of Child O by overfeeding him with milk, injecting air and dislodging his breathing tube. COUNT 21 GUILTY. Child Q, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby injected the baby boy with liquid, and possibly air, down his feeding tube. COUNT 22 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.