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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

UNCOVERED: Strong reasonable doubt over lucy letby insulin convictions experts say - The Untold Story

Lucy Letby
Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others – including trying to murder two by insulin overdoses. Photograph: Cheshire Constabulary/AP

The claim that Lucy Letby definitely poisoned babies with insulin has “no scientific justification whatsoever” and there is a “very strong level of reasonable doubt” about the convictions, according to the authors of a 100-page study on the case.

Prof Geoff Chase, one of the world’s foremost experts on the effect of insulin on pre-term babies, told the Guardian it was “very unlikely” anyone had administered potentially lethal doses to two of the infants.

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