Lucy Letby experts launch new evidence challenge

Lucy Letby experts launch new  evidence challenge
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 Lucy Letby wearing a blue  hoodie leaves her  home in handcuffs with a police officer following her. She  looks into the  camera and  wears her blonde/brown hair  loose over her shoulders.
Lucy Letby's lawyers have  asked for her case to be reviewed as a potential miscarriage of  justice.
A panel of international medical experts  has presented what they  say is "significant new evidence" that casts doubt on the convictions of serial killer Lucy  Letby.
Letby, now 35, is serving 15 life sentences after being convicted of  killing seven  children and attempting to  kill seven others - including one she attacked  twice.
All the  abuses occurred between June 2015 and June  2016, while the nurse was working  in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester  Hospital.
The panel, which presented  its findings at a press conference in central London, attributed some deaths to natural causes and  others to substandard  care. Opening the press conference, Sir David  Davis MP, who  assisted Letby's legal team, described  his convictions as  "one of the  greatest injustices of modern  times".
The panel's chairman, Dr Shoo Lee,  a retired doctor and co-author of a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in  children, said 14 experts had  produced an  "impartial, evidence-based  report".
He added that the  panel's thoughts were with the families of the  children who died as they presented their  findings.
"We understand their stress and  anxiety and our work is not  intended to cause  further distress," he  said.
"Rather, it  aims to  bring comfort and  reassurance that they know the truth  of what really  happened."
Dr Lee also  criticised the care provided at  the Countess of Chester  Hospital. He said:  "We have not  seen any  murder. In all cases,  the deaths or  injuries were due to natural causes or  simply poor medical  care."
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)  previously said  Letby's lawyers had  asked the commission to investigate her case as a  possible miscarriage of justice, the organisation said.
The CCRC confirmed it had  "received a preliminary application in relation to Ms  Letby's case and work has  commenced to assess the  application."
A spokesperson for the CCRC said:  "We understand that there has been a  lot of speculation and commentary surrounding  the Lucy  Letby case,  many from parties with only a partial view of the  evidence.
"We would like to remind everyone  of the families affected by  the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June  2016."
The spokesperson said it was not the CCRC's job to "determine innocence or guilt in a  case" and that  this was a "matter for the  courts". The panel said it would now  consider the  request and determine whether there was new evidence  that presented a reasonable chance of  overturning the conviction.
PA Media Dr Shoo Lee, who has  messy black hair and  rectangular glasses, wears a  navy suit over a white shirt,  speaking into a  microphone. PA Media
Retired  doctor Dr Shoo  Lee at a  news conference to announce  "new medical  evidence" regarding the safety of Lucy  Letby's sentences
Speaking at the conference, Dr Lee described the panel as the  "dream team" in neonatology and said  "you won't find a  more qualified panel in the  world."
During Letby's trial, the prosecution referred to a 1989 report by Dr Lee to argue that one of the methods  Letby used was  to introduce air  into the  baby's body intravenously or via  nasogastric tube.
Dr Lee said one of the issues the panel  noted was that  some children's skin discoloration  had been wrongly attributed to air  embolism from the  chase.
Last year, Letby lost two  appeals against his conviction at the Court of Appeal  - in May for seven murders and seven attempted murders, and in October for the attempted murder of a  young woman for which  he was convicted by  another jury. In the first of  these appeals,  his defense argued  that new evidence  provided by Dr. Lee  made the convictions  implausible. However, these arguments were rejected  after three senior judges concluded  that there  was no expert evidence  from the prosecution that diagnosed an air  embolism based solely on the skin  stain.

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