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Real possibility that Letby’s convictions may be overturned, say former bosses

Former senior hospital managers have called for the public inquiry to be halted after Letby’s case was passed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Evening Standard

Convicted murderer Lucy Letby calls for suspension of public inquiry

A panel working for the former nurse’s defence team said bad medical care and natural causes were behind collapses and deaths on a neonatal unit.

Evening Standard

Convicting the innocent: how a rotten system ensures miscarriages of justice will continue

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Law Commission proposes reforms on how possible miscarriages of justice are handled

Report also criticises compensation system for people wrongly convicted of crimes in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Will Lucy Letby get a retrial? Here’s what happens next with her case

Lucy Letby was convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in her care at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England between 2015 and 2016.

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MoJ to pay Andrew Malkinson ‘significant’ sum over wrongful rape conviction

Exclusive: Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison, says he plans to use interim payment to visit family in Australia

The Guardian - UK

Former solicitor general says miscarriage of justice watchdog is ‘beyond a joke’

Exclusive: Lord Garnier’s comments come after allegations about the ‘absent leadership’ of the Criminal Cases Review Commission

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Justice watchdog’s ‘absent’ leadership in disarray before review of Letby case

CCRC staff accuse former chair of ‘insensitive’ memos and incumbent chief executive of having ‘finger off the pulse’

The Guardian - UK

CCRC chief spent public funds on luxury hotels for business courses in France

Exclusive: Justice watchdog’s Karen Kneller enrolled on courses advertised for thousands of pounds at Insead, where CCRC’s then chair held roles

The Guardian - UK

After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial?

Former nurse is serving 15 whole-life terms in prison yet an appeal is not guaranteed despite findings of expert panel

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby Update: Is Britain's 'Worst Serial Child Killer' Innocent? What New Evidence Reveals

New findings regarding Lucy Letby's are making expert's question the validity of her conviction for the deaths of 7 infants.

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Wednesday briefing: What an expert review could mean for the conviction of Lucy Letby

In today’s newsletter: Will the findings of an independent panel give Letby the opportunity for another appeal?

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby’s lawyers urge review of case after medical experts claim babies were not murdered

A panel of neonatal experts has claimed the infants died of natural causes and poor medical care as killer nurse applies to overturn her 2023 conviction

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby latest: Medical experts ‘did not find any murders’

Letby’s case will be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

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The Independent UK

What is the 'new medical evidence' against Lucy Letby's conviction - and can she re-appeal?

An expert panel claims it has found 'no murders' in Lucy Letby case

The National (Scotland)

Panel of experts 'did not find murders' in Lucy Letby case

The convictions of child serial killer Lucy Letby have been branded “one of the major injustices of modern times” as her legal team continued…

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby convictions branded ‘one of major injustices of modern times’

The convicted child serial killer nurse is serving a whole life jail term for the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of seven others.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby latest: Doctor claims 'there were no murders' amid campaign to free child serial killer

The convicted child serial killer nurse is serving a whole life jail term for the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of seven others

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Evening Standard

Lucy Letby case to be reviewed by commission to see if she was wrongly convicted

The Criminal Cases Review Commission received an application from child killer’s lawyers on Monday and has already begun looking at the case

The Independent UK

Child killer Lucy Letby’s case to be reviewed by commission

The Criminal Cases Review Commission received an application from her lawyers on Monday and has already begun looking at the case.

The Guardian - UK

What is the new challenge to the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby?

Letby’s legal team has submitted a fresh case to the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice

Evening Standard

Final member of Stockwell Six has conviction referred to Court of Appeal

Ronald De Souza was with five other young black men who were all arrested on the London Underground while on a night out on February 18 1972.

The Guardian - UK

Case of last wrongly convicted Stockwell Six member referred to court of appeal

Ronald De Souza was arrested in 1972 with five friends and charged with attempting to rob corrupt police officer DS Derek Ridgewell

The Conversation

The miscarriage of justice watchdog is failing at its only job – here’s how to fix it

The body responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been plunged into crisis. The chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), Helen Pitcher, resigned this month following relentless criticism about the way the commission had handled recent cases.

The Guardian - UK

CEO of watchdog accused of attempt to ‘sanitise’ review of Andrew Malkinson case

Exclusive: sources claim CCRC head, Karen Kneller, fought suggestion problems behind handling of case were systemic

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