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Neonatal clinical lead consultant Dr Stephen Brearey is giving evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry into the events surrounding Lucy Letby’s crimes.

Former nurse is serving a whole life prison sentence after she was convicted of murders of babies in her care

The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that ‘lots of rumours’ were going around after the nurse was removed from the neonatal unit in July 2016.

Karen Rees tells Thirlwall inquiry she had ‘never been so relieved’ when police were eventually called

The Thirlwall Inquiry into events surrounding Lucy Letby’s crimes is expected to sit until early 2025.

Neonatal ward manager Eirian Powell said she did not believe Letby was deliberately harming children at the time

Lucy Letby has now been convicted of the murder of seven babies, and the attempted murder of seven others

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