Further convictions of man jailed for soldier murder referred to court of appeal John McDevitt was convicted of the murder of Private Neil Clark on Easter Monday 1984 in Londonderry. Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025
Letby barrister: Fresh evidence will completely demolish case against her Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025
Lucy Letby’s lawyer delivers medical reports he claims ‘totally undermine’ case against serial killer nurse Victim’s families have described a report from a panel of experts as ‘full of analytical holes’ and a ‘rehash’ of her defence case The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025
Lucy Letby barrister to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence to Criminal Cases Review Commission Lucy Letby, 35, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials at Manchester Crown Court Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025
‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2025
Lucy Letby barrister promises to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence in freedom bid Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025
Letby barrister to hand over ‘fresh’ evidence to CCRC Mark McDonald will visit the Birmingham offices of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025
Evidence used to convict Lucy Letby is flawed, leading experts say Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdict The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025
Leonard Leigh obituary Writer, barrister and member of the Criminal Cases Review Commission who investigated claims of miscarriages of justice The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
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 · Mar 18, 2025
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 · Mar 17, 2025
Convicting the innocent: how a rotten system ensures miscarriages of justice will continue The following story is the winner of The Conversation Prize for writers, a competition run in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown. Read more about the competition here. The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025
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 · Feb 27, 2025
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. The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025 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 · Feb 11, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025 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 · Feb 10, 2025 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 · Feb 5, 2025 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
International Business Times UK · Feb 5, 2025 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.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025 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 Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025 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
Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025 Lucy Letby latest: Medical experts ‘did not find any murders’ Letby’s case will be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025 What is the ‘medical evidence’ against Lucy Letby’s convictions - and can she still re-appeal? An expert panel claimed Lucy Letby did not commit the murders of seven babies - with members’ evidence now being considered as part of an application for a fresh Court of Appeal hearing
The National (Scotland) · Feb 4, 2025 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…