Lucy Letby’s legal team seeks conviction challenge after ‘key witness changed mind’
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Lucy Letby’s lawyers have announced a fresh bid to challenge the child serial killer’s convictions after a key witness ‘changed his mind on the cause of death of three babies’. Speaking at a press conference, Letby’s barrister Mark McDonald said he would immediately seek permission from the Court of Appeal to reopen the case after expert witness Dr Dewi Evans ‘remarkably’ changed his mind.
![[Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook dated 24/06/24 of Lucy Letby giving evidence during her trial at Manchester Crown Court, where she is accused of attempting to murder a baby girl in February 2016 when she worked as a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit. Child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will be sentenced today for the attempted murder of a baby girl. Issue date: Friday July 5, 2024. PA Photo. On Tuesday, Letby, 34, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the attack on the newborn infant during a night shift at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neo-natal unit in February 2016. See PA story COURTS Letby. Photo credit should read: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_211598391-1fc0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
He told those in attendance: ‘Dr Evans had said to the jury that Lucy Letby had injected air down a nasal gastric tube and this had led to the death of the three babies. ‘This was repeated to the Court of Appeal, who may have been misled when they ruled on the application for leave against the convictions.
‘Dr Evans has also said that he has revised his opinion in relation to Baby C and has written a new report, a new report that he has given to the police, months ago now. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. ‘Despite numerous requests, the prosecution has yet to give this report to the defence. ‘The defence will argue that Dr Evans is not a reliable expert, and given that he was the lead expert for the prosecution, we say that all the convictions are not safe.’.
