Lucy Letby
British nurse convicted of murder
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| 2025 | Jeremy Hunt, former Health Secretary, apologized to victims' families for taking 'too long' to act during the inquiry hearing. |
| 2025 | Dr. Shoo Lee published an updated literature review on air embolism, examining 117 medical cases with a mean gestational age of 30.4 weeks and mean birth weight of 1,422g, which provided additional context to the medical evidence in the Letby case. |
| 2025 | Jeremy Hunt, former Health Secretary, apologized to victims' families for taking 'too long' to act during the inquiry hearing. |
| 2025 | Dr. Shoo Lee published an updated literature review on air embolism, examining 117 medical cases with a mean gestational age of 30.4 weeks and mean birth weight of 1,422g, which provided additional context to the medical evidence in the Letby case. |
| February 2025 | Letby's legal team applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review her case following Dr Lee's panel investigation. |
| February 2025 | A panel of 14 international medical experts, led by neonatologist Shoo Lee, conducted an independent investigation into the infant deaths associated with Lucy Letby's case. The panel concluded that all incidents could be explained by natural causes or substandard medical care, finding no evidence of deliberate harm. |
| February 4 2025 | Letby's legal team submitted an application for case review, supported by a panel of 14 international medical experts chaired by Dr. Shoo Lee, challenging the original murder convictions and suggesting the babies' deaths were due to natural causes and systemic medical care issues. |
| February 4 2025 | Letby's legal team submitted an application for case review, supported by a panel of 14 international medical experts chaired by Dr. Shoo Lee, challenging the medical evidence of her deliberate harm to babies. |
| February 4 2025 | Letby's legal team submitted an application for case review, supported by a panel of 14 international medical experts chaired by Dr. Shoo Lee, challenging the medical evidence of her deliberate harm to babies. |
| February 3 2025 | Letby's legal team applies to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review the case for potential miscarriage of justice. |
| February 3 2025 | Dr Shoo Lee held a press conference with Letby's barrister Mark McDonald, MP David Davis, and neonatologist Neena Modi, stating that the panel of 14 medical experts found no evidence of murders and called for Letby's release from prison. |
| February 3 2025 | Dr Shoo Lee held a press conference with Letby's legal team, publicly challenging the medical evidence used in her conviction and calling for her immediate release, stating that the deaths were due to natural causes or medical care failures. |
| February 3 2025 | Letby's legal team applies to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review the case for potential miscarriage of justice. |
| February 3 2025 | Dr Shoo Lee held a press conference with Letby's legal team, publicly challenging the medical evidence used in her conviction and calling for her immediate release, stating that the deaths were due to natural causes or medical care failures. |
| January 2025 | Sir David Davis MP leads a debate in the House of Commons discussing potential miscarriage of justice in Letby's trial. |
| January 2025 | Sir David Davis MP leads a debate in the House of Commons discussing potential miscarriage of justice in Letby's trial. |
| 2024 | Defence applied to use Dr. Shoo Lee as a witness for an appeal, but the Court of Appeal ruled his testimony was not admissible since he could have been called during the original trial. |
| 2024 | Letby made an unsuccessful application for leave to appeal her conviction. |
| 2024 | Defence applied to use Dr. Shoo Lee as a witness for an appeal, but the Court of Appeal ruled his testimony was not admissible since he could have been called during the original trial. |
| December 2024 | At a press conference in December 2024, Mark McDonald announced that he was preparing new applications to both the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission on behalf of Lucy Letby. |
| December 2024 | Mark McDonald held a press conference announcing preparations for new legal applications, criticizing expert witness Dewi Evans and highlighting preliminary expert reports suggesting no deliberate harm to infants. |
| December 2024 | At a press conference in December 2024, Mark McDonald announced that he was preparing new applications to both the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission on behalf of Lucy Letby. |
| November 2024 | John Sweeney interviewed Dewi Evans, who acknowledged the presence of pseudomonas in the neonatal unit's water supplies, which had led to several cases of pneumonia. |
| November 2024 | Dewi Evans gave an interview to John Sweeney, acknowledging the presence of pseudomonas in the neonatal unit's water supplies, which had led to several pneumonia cases. |
| November 2024 | Dewi Evans gave an interview to John Sweeney, acknowledging the presence of pseudomonas in the neonatal unit's water supplies, which had led to several pneumonia cases. |
| October 24 2024 | Lucy Letby applied for leave to appeal against her conviction, arguing that prejudicial media coverage should have prevented the trial from proceeding. |
| October 24 2024 | Lucy Letby applied for leave to appeal against her conviction, arguing that prejudicial media coverage should have prevented the trial from proceeding. |
| September 2024 | In September 2024, The Guardian reported that handwritten notes found at Lucy Letby's home were written on the advice of counsellors as part of a therapeutic process, suggesting they did not serve as a confession or admission of guilt. |
| September 2024 | In September 2024, Lucy Letby appointed a new defence lawyer, Mark McDonald. |
| September 2024 | An independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths begins its hearings. |
| September 2024 | The Royal Statistical Society held a meeting to discuss concerns about the statistical evidence used in Lucy Letby's prosecution, critically examining the case and drawing comparisons with previous miscarriages of justice involving nurses who were convicted of patient killings. |
| September 2024 | British government-commissioned independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the infant deaths began its hearings. |
| September 2024 | The Guardian reported that Letby's handwritten notes were written on the advice of counsellors as part of a therapeutic process, challenging their interpretation as a confession during her trial. |
| September 2024 | Lucy Letby appointed Mark McDonald as her new defence lawyer to challenge her convictions. |
| September 2024 | The Royal Statistical Society held a meeting to discuss concerns about the statistical evidence used in Lucy Letby's prosecution, critically examining the data and drawing comparisons with previous miscarriages of justice involving nurses. |
| September 2024 | British government commissions an independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the infant deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital. |
| September 2024 | The Royal Statistical Society held a meeting to discuss concerns about the statistical evidence used in Lucy Letby's prosecution, critically examining the data and drawing comparisons with previous miscarriages of justice involving nurses. |
| September 2024 | An independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths begins its hearings. |
| September 2024 | British government commissions an independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the infant deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital. |
| September 2024 | In September 2024, The Guardian reported that handwritten notes found at Lucy Letby's home were written on the advice of counsellors as part of a therapeutic process, suggesting they did not serve as a confession or admission of guilt. |
| September 2024 | In September 2024, Lucy Letby appointed a new defence lawyer, Mark McDonald. |
| September 10 2024 | The public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Lucy Letby's actions officially began. |
| September 10 2024 | The public inquiry officially began, with testimony revealing colleagues' accounts of Letby's behavior, including her attitude towards infant deaths. |
| September 10 2024 | The public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Lucy Letby's actions officially began. |
| August 2024 | A report was leaked to The Telegraph indicating that the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked had experienced an outbreak of a dangerous bacteria during the time of the alleged murders, a detail that was not presented during her trial. |
| August 2024 | In August 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that during Lucy Letby's first trial, door swipe data used to establish her presence at the incidents was mislabelled, leading to reversed entries and exits. |
| August 2024 | A group of 24 neonatal and statistical experts wrote a letter to ministers requesting postponement and changes to the inquiry, which was rejected. |
| August 2024 | A group of 24 neonatal and statistical experts wrote a letter to ministers requesting postponement and modification of the inquiry's terms, citing concerns about the safety of Letby's convictions. |
| August 2024 | A group of 24 neonatal and statistical experts wrote a letter to ministers requesting postponement and modification of the inquiry's terms, citing concerns about the safety of Letby's convictions. |
| August 2024 | In August 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that during Lucy Letby's first trial, door swipe data used to establish her presence at the incidents was mislabelled, leading to reversed entries and exits. |
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