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| Dr. Andreas Marnerides || Consultant || Forensic pathology and histopathology || Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Andreas Marnerides |Consultant |Pathology | Prosecution expert witness|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23628455.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-3---judges-summing/|Lucy Letby Trial recap}}, ''Chester Standard'', July 3, 2023.</ref>
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{{Letbyexpert| Dr. Owen Arthurs |Professor |Paediatrics and radiology |Prosecution witness |N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/|Lucy Letby Trial recap, July 6|}}, ''Chester Standard'': “Professor Owen Arthurs viewed radiographic images for Child M and said they could not support or refute an air embolus.”</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. Owen Arthurs |Professor |Radiology | Prosecution expert witness |N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/|Lucy Letby Trial recap}}, ''Chester Standard'', July 6, 2023: “Professor Owen Arthurs viewed radiographic images for Child M and said they could not support or refute an air embolus.”</ref>
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{{letbyexpert|Dr. Sally Kinsey | Professor | Haematology | Prosecution witness|N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-63798909|Lucy Letby: Baby's catastrophic bleed not spontaneous, trial told}}, BBC, November 29, 2022. Per this report, Dr. Kinsey accepted in cross-examination that her findings did not assist with the cause of death, and that she had limited familiarity with air embolus.  </ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Sally Kinsey | Professor | Haematology | Prosecution expert witness |N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-63798909|Lucy Letby: Baby's catastrophic bleed not spontaneous, trial told}}, BBC, November 29, 2022. Per this report, Dr. Kinsey accepted in cross-examination that her findings did not assist with the cause of death, and that she had limited familiarity with air embolus.  </ref>
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{{letbyexpert|Dr. Peter Hindmarsh|Professor| Endocrinology| Prosecution witness|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-manchester-crown-court-university-college-london-hereford-b1062992.html?|Baby had dangerously low blood sugar levels over three days, Letby trial told}}, ''The Standard'', 24 February 2023.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Peter Hindmarsh|Professor| Endocrinology| Prosecution expert witness|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-manchester-crown-court-university-college-london-hereford-b1062992.html?|Baby had dangerously low blood sugar levels over three days, Letby trial told}}, ''The Standard'', 24 February 2023.</ref>
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{{Letbyexpert|Dr. Stavros Stivaros | Professor |Radiology|Prosecution witness|N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/|Lucy Letby Trial recap, July 6|}}, ''Chester Standard'': “Paediatric neuroradiologist Dr Stavros Stivaros provided agreed evidence in which he said Child M had shown signs of brain damage, likely caused by the collapse on April 9, 2016.”</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. Stavros Stivaros | Professor |Radiology|Prosecution expert witness|N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/|Lucy Letby Trial recap}}, ''Chester Standard'', July 6, 2023: “Paediatric neuroradiologist Dr Stavros Stivaros provided agreed evidence in which he said Child M had shown signs of brain damage, likely caused by the collapse on April 9, 2016.”</ref>
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| Dr. Simon Kenney || Consultant || Paediatrics || Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Simon Kenney | Consultant | Paediatrics | Prosecution expert witness |N}}<ref>This may seem controversial, but in all the reports online there is no indication of what evidence he gave. It is not reported or mentioned in judgments or summing up. I am assuming, therefore, it was uncontroversial evidence, that may have admitted by consent as a witness statement and not cross-examined. Happy to be corrected.</ref>
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| Dr. Dewi Evans || Medical Doctor || Paediatrics || Remunerated expert witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
| Dr. Dewi Evans || Medical Doctor || Paediatrics || Prosecution expert witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
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| Dr. Sandie Bohin || Medical Doctor || Paediatrics|| Remunerated expert witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
| Dr. Sandie Bohin || Medical Doctor || Paediatrics|| Prosecution expert witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
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| Dr. Ravi Jayaram || Consultant || Neonatology || Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution
| Dr. Ravi Jayaram || Consultant || Paediatrics || CoCH Employee, Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution
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| Dr. Stephen Breary || Consultant || Neonatology || Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
| Dr. Stephen Breary || Consultant || Paediatrics || CoCH Employee, Prosecution witness {{cellpink}} Prosecution  
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{{Expertdef|Dr. Shoo Lee|Professor|Neonatology|Defence}}<ref name="Panel"> Member of [[Media:Shoo Lee Expert Panel.pdf|International Expert Panel]]</ref>  
{{letbyexpert|Dr. John Gibbs|Consultant|Paediatrics|CoCH Employee, Prosection Witness|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23089264.recap-lucy-letby-trial-monday-october-31/|Lucy Letby Trial recap}}, ''Chester Standard'', October 31, 2023;  {{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr5jqpx8edo|Doctor’s ‘regret’ over babies killed by Letby}} BBC, October 1, 2024.</ref>
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{{letbyexpert|Dr. Shoo Lee|Professor|Neonatology|Independent|D}}<ref name="Panel"> Member of [[Media:Shoo Lee Expert Panel.pdf|International Expert Panel]]</ref>  
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| Dr. Neena Modi || Professor || Neonatology|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>   
| Dr. Neena Modi || Professor || Neonatology|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>   
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| Dr. Geoff Chase || Professor || Mechanical Engineering|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>   
| Dr. Geoff Chase || Professor || Mechanical Engineering|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>   
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{{expertdef|Dr. Jane Hawdon|Consultant|Neonatology|Neutral}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-11-12/specialist-doctor-felt-misled-about-suspicion-over-baby-deaths|Specialist doctor ‘felt misled’ about suspicion over baby deaths, Lucy Letby inquiry hears}}, ITV, 12 November 2024. Dr. Hawdon’s contemporaneous review concluded that the deaths of Babies A, I, O and P – were “unexpected and unexplained.” Her evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry was that she may have taken a different approach to her review if she knew of the consultants’ suspicions of murder.</ref>  
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Jane Hawdon|Consultant|Neonatology|Independent|N}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-11-12/specialist-doctor-felt-misled-about-suspicion-over-baby-deaths|Specialist doctor ‘felt misled’ about suspicion over baby deaths, Lucy Letby inquiry hears}}, ITV, 12 November 2024. Dr. Hawdon’s contemporaneous review concluded that the deaths of Babies A, I, O and P – were “unexpected and unexplained.” Her evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry was that she may have taken a different approach to her review if she knew of the consultants’ suspicions of murder.</ref>  
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| Dr. Michael Hall || Consultant || Neonatology || Remunerated expert witness {{cellgreen}} Defence  
{{letbyexpert| Dr. Michael Hall| Consultant | Neonatology | Defence expert witness|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://web.archive.org/web/20240826095436/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1940403/lucy-letby-innocent-expert-evidence|My evidence might have changed killer nurse Lucy Letby's trial}} ''Express'', August 26, 2024.</ref>  
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{{expertdef|Dr. Roger Norwich|Consultant|Neonatology|Defence}}<ref name="KillerorCoincidence">{{pl|https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/09/lucy-letby-evidence-experts-question?|Lucy Letby: killer or coincidence? Why some experts question the evidence}} ''Guardian'' 9 Jul 2024.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Roger Norwich|Consultant|Neonatology||D}}<ref name="KillerorCoincidence">{{pl|https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/09/lucy-letby-evidence-experts-question?|Lucy Letby: killer or coincidence? Why some experts question the evidence}} ''Guardian'' 9 Jul 2024.</ref>
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| Dr. Eric Eichenwald || Professor || Paediatrics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>
| Dr. Eric Eichenwald || Professor || Paediatrics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>
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| Dr. Ann R. Stark || Professor || Paediatrics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence <ref name="Panel"/>
| Dr. Ann R. Stark || Professor || Paediatrics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence <ref name="Panel"/>
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| Dr. Helen Shannon || Consultant ||Neonatology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="Panel"/>   
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. Helen Shannon| Professor | Chemical Engineering | Independent |D}}<ref name="Panel"/>   
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| Dr. Christian Yates|| Professor || Mathematical Biology|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence     
| Dr. Christian Yates|| Professor || Mathematical Biology|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence     
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| Dr. Alan Wayne Jones|| Professor|| Forensic toxicology|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence 
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Alan Wayne Jones| Professor| Forensic toxicology|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/>
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| Dr. Peter Green|| Professor || Statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence   
| Dr. Peter Green|| Professor || Statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence   
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| Dr. Richard Gill || Professor || Statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
| Dr. Richard Gill || Professor || Statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
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| Dr. Svilena Dimitrova || Consultant || Neonatologist || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
| Dr. Svilena Dimitrova || Consultant || Neonatology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
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| Dr. Neela Shabde || Consultant || Paediatrics || Independent{{cellgreen}} Defence  
| Dr. Neela Shabde || Consultant || Paediatrics || Independent{{cellgreen}} Defence  
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| Jenny Harris || Intensive Care Nurse || Neonatology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
| Jenny Harris || Intensive Care Nurse || Neonatology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
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| Dr. Stephen Senn||Professor||Health statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
| Dr. Stephen Senn||Professor||Statistics|| Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
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|Dr. Tariq Ali || Consultant || Paediatrics || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence   
|Dr. Tariq Ali || Consultant || Paediatrics || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence   
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|Dr. Gillian Tully || Professor || Forensic Science || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
|Dr. Gillian Tully || Professor || Forensic Science || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence  
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| Dr. Neil Aiton || Consultant ||Neonatology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Neil Aiton|Consultant|Neonatology| Independent|D}}<ref - name="insulin">{{pl|https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SQ8sgUwerw8n5H_u-pRcHqJaxgqeef4K/view|Summary of Joint Expert Witness Report on Baby F and L}}.</ref>
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| Lord Sumption || Supreme Court Judge||Law||Independent{{cellgreen}}Defence<ref>{{pl|https://t.co/UoV3lyjWpJ|Why I believe Lucy Letby is probably innocent}} ''Sunday Times'', March 30 2025.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Lord Sumption| Supreme Court Judge|Criminal Law|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://t.co/UoV3lyjWpJ|Why I believe Lucy Letby is probably innocent}} ''Sunday Times'', March 30 2025.</ref>
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| Dr. Faye Skelton || Professor || Criminology and Cognitive Psychology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="ch5doc">{{pl|https://www.channel5.com/show/lucy-letby-the-new-evidence|Lucy Letby: The New Evidence}}, Channel 5, September 2024.</ref>
| Dr. Faye Skelton || Professor || Criminology || Independent {{cellgreen}} Defence<ref name="ch5doc">{{pl|https://www.channel5.com/show/lucy-letby-the-new-evidence|Lucy Letby: The New Evidence}}, Channel 5, September 2024.</ref>
{{expertdef| Dr. Colin Morley|Professor|Neonatology|Defence}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89l05e97vqo|File on Four}}, BBC, 1 October 2024 </ref>
{{letbyexpert| Dr. Colin Morley|Professor|Neonatology|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89l05e97vqo|File on Four}}, BBC, 1 October 2024 </ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. Richard Taylor|Consultant|Neonatology|Defence}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/lucy-letby-legal-team-new-evidence-convictions-klzvwmcx2|Lucy Letby prosecution expert ‘changes mind’ over how babies died|}}, ''The Times'', December 16 2024</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Richard Taylor|Consultant|Neonatology|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/><ref>{{pl|https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/lucy-letby-legal-team-new-evidence-convictions-klzvwmcx2|Lucy Letby prosecution expert ‘changes mind’ over how babies died|}}, ''The Times'', December 16 2024</ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. Waney Squier|Consultant|Neuropathologist|Defence}}<ref name="ch5doc"/>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Waney Squier|Consultant|Pathology|Independent|D}}<ref name="ch5doc"/>
{{expertdef|Dr. Matthew Orde |Consultant|Forensic Pathologist|Defence}}
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Matthew Orde |Consultant|Pathology|Independent|D}}
{{expertdef|Dr. David Wilson|Professor|Criminology|Prosecution}}<ref>{{pl|https://web.archive.org/web/20250326023225/https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/25032488.accept-lucy-letby-killer-no-matter-nice-seems/|Accept that Lucy Letby is a killer, no matter how “nice” she seems}}, ''The Herald'', 24 March 2025. (Dr. Wilson is often cited as being pro-prosecution, but his views seem more nuanced than that. For example, his article closes as follows:  
{{letbyexpert|Dr. David Wilson|Professor|Criminology|Independent|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://web.archive.org/web/20250326023225/https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/25032488.accept-lucy-letby-killer-no-matter-nice-seems/|Accept that Lucy Letby is a killer, no matter how “nice” she seems}}, ''The Herald'', 24 March 2025. (Dr. Wilson is often cited as being pro-prosecution, but his views seem more nuanced than that. For example, his article closes as follows:  
{{quote|“I’m still left wondering that if her case had been heard in Scotland would the prosecution have been dismissed as ‘not proven’?”}}</ref>
{{quote|“I’m still left wondering that if her case had been heard in Scotland would the prosecution have been dismissed as ‘not proven’?”}}</ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. Keith Frayn|Professor|Human Metabolism|Prosecution}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/lucy-letby-evidence-against-case-h2hzsbm00|The actual evidence against Lucy Letby}}, ''The Times'', February 5, 2025.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Keith Frayn|Professor|Human Metabolism|Independent|P}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/lucy-letby-evidence-against-case-h2hzsbm00|The actual evidence against Lucy Letby}}, ''The Times'', February 5, 2025.</ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. Normal Fenton|Professor| Statistics|Defence}}<ref name="NormanScott">{{pl|https://tinyurl.com/normanandscott|Is Lucy Letby guilty? Professor Norman Fenton interviews Law Health Tech from Twitter and Substack}}</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Normal Fenton|Professor| Statistics|Independent|D}}<ref name="NormanScott">{{pl|https://tinyurl.com/normanandscott|Is Lucy Letby guilty? Professor Norman Fenton interviews Law Health Tech from Twitter and Substack}}</ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. Scott McLachlan|Lecturer|Law, Health Science, Informatics and Computing|Defence}}<ref name="NormanScott"/>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Scott McLachlan|Lecturer|Informatics|Independent|D}}<ref name="NormanScott"/>
{{expertdef|Dr. John Ashton|Professor|Public Health|Defence}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/25046232.former-cumbrian-director-health-voices-concerns-letby-trial/|Former Cumbrian director of health voices concerns over Letby trial}}, ''Cumberland News and Star'', March 31, 2025.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. John Ashton|Professor|Public Health|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/25046232.former-cumbrian-director-health-voices-concerns-letby-trial/|Former Cumbrian director of health voices concerns over Letby trial}}, ''Cumberland News and Star'', March 31, 2025.</ref>
{{expertdef|Dr. David Livermore|Professor|Medical Microbiology|Defence}}<ref>{{pl|https://dailysceptic.org/2023/09/11/lucy-letby-must-be-allowed-an-appeal/|Lucy Letby Must Be Allowed an Appeal}}, ''The Daily Sceptic'', 11 September 2023</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. David Livermore|Professor|Medical Microbiology|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://dailysceptic.org/2023/09/11/lucy-letby-must-be-allowed-an-appeal/|Lucy Letby Must Be Allowed an Appeal}}, ''The Daily Sceptic'', 11 September 2023</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Michele Worden|Practice Nurse|Neonatology|Former CoCH Employee|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/24/lucy-letby-hospital-accident-waiting-happen-nurse-claims/|Lucy Letby’s hospital unit was ‘accident waiting to happen’}} ''Daily Telegraph'', 24 August 2024. Ms. Worden was made redundant from CoCH on 2007.</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Michele Worden|Practice Nurse|Neonatology|Former CoCH Employee|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/24/lucy-letby-hospital-accident-waiting-happen-nurse-claims/|Lucy Letby’s hospital unit was ‘accident waiting to happen’}} ''Daily Telegraph'', 24 August 2024. Ms. Worden was made redundant from CoCH on 2007.</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. John O’Quigley|Professor|Statistics|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00258024241242549|Suspected serial killers and unsuspected statistical blunders|}} ''Sage'', 1 April 2024.</ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. John O’Quigley|Professor|Statistics|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00258024241242549|Suspected serial killers and unsuspected statistical blunders|}} ''Sage'', 1 April 2024.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Carola Vinuesa|Professor|Immunology|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://x.com/carovinuesa/status/1873702814335013013|Sample post on X.com}}, December 30, 2024</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Carola Vinuesa|Professor|Immunology|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://x.com/carovinuesa/status/1873702814335013013|Sample post on X.com}}, December 30, 2024</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Adel Ismail|Consultant|Endocrinology|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/><ref>{{pl|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89l05e97vqo|Lucy Letby: Experts tell BBC about medical evidence concerns}} BBC, 1 October 2024.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Adam King|Barrister|Criminal Law|Independent|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://web.archive.org/web/20240723234635/https://unherd.com/2024/07/the-questions-haunting-the-lucy-letby-trial/|The flaws in the Lucy Letby case}}, ''Unherd'', July 24, 2024.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Ivan Blumenthal|Consultant|Paediatrics|Former CoCH Employee|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.youtube.com/@ivanblumenthal|Thoughts About Lucy Letby Parts 1-3}}, February 12, 2025.</ref>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Joseph Wolfsdorf|Professor|Hypoglycaemia|Independent|N}}<ref>{{pl|https://web.archive.org/web/20250207155612/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/09/lucy-letby-serial-killer-or-miscarriage-justice-victim/|Lucy Letby: Serial killer or a miscarriage of justice?}} ''Daily Telegraph'', July 9, 2024. There is some suggestion that Professor Wolfsdorf walked this back in {{pl|https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unmasking-Lucy-Letby-Diligent-absorbing/dp/1399625160|Judith Moritz’ book}}, but it is not well reported. Moritz quotes Wolfsdorf as saying:
{{quote|“All I can confidently state is the insulin: C-peptide molar ratio ... is [[consistent with]] factitious [''deliberately introduced''] hypoglycaemia.”}}
As regular readers know, “[[consistent with]]” is often used for heavy lifting, and Ms. Moritz asks a lot of it here, concluding — these are her, and not Professor Wolfsdorf’s, words — that:
{{quote|“In other words, the surest conclusion we can draw from Baby L’s test result is that he was poisoned with insulin.”}} </ref>
{{Letbyexpert|Dr. Charles Stanley|Professor|Paediatrics|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. MaAhew Johll|Professor|Forensic Science|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/>
{{letbyexpert|Dr. Hilde Wilkinson-Herbots|Associate Professor|Statistics|Independent|D}}<ref name="insulin"/>
{{letbyexpert|Karen Rees|Head of Nursing|Paediatrics|Former CoCH Employee|D}}<ref>{{pl|https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/lucy-letbys-former-boss-if-she-was-lying-she-deserved-an-oscar-nt6nmsc0f|Lucy Letby’s former boss: If she was lying she deserved an Oscar}}.</ref>
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Those Lucy Letby experts in full
Name Profession Field Interest Camp
Dr. Andreas Marnerides Consultant Pathology Prosecution expert witness Prosecution[1]
Dr. Owen Arthurs Professor Radiology Prosecution expert witness Neutral[2]
Dr. Sally Kinsey Professor Haematology Prosecution expert witness Neutral[3]
Dr. Peter Hindmarsh Professor Endocrinology Prosecution expert witness Prosecution[4]
Dr. Stavros Stivaros Professor Radiology Prosecution expert witness Neutral[5]
Dr. Simon Kenney Consultant Paediatrics Prosecution expert witness Neutral[6]
Dr. Dewi Evans Medical Doctor Paediatrics Prosecution expert witness Prosecution
Dr. Sandie Bohin Medical Doctor Paediatrics Prosecution expert witness Prosecution
Dr. Ravi Jayaram Consultant Paediatrics CoCH Employee, Prosecution witness Prosecution
Dr. Stephen Breary Consultant Paediatrics CoCH Employee, Prosecution witness Prosecution
Dr. John Gibbs Consultant Paediatrics CoCH Employee, Prosection Witness Prosecution[7]
Dr. Shoo Lee Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Neena Modi Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Geoff Chase Professor Mechanical Engineering Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Jane Hawdon Consultant Neonatology Independent Neutral[9]
Dr. Michael Hall Consultant Neonatology Defence expert witness Defence[10]
Dr. Roger Norwich Consultant Neonatology Defence[11]
Dr. Eric Eichenwald Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Helmut Hummler Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Tetsuya Isayama Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Joanne Langley Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Sandra Moore Consultant Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Mikael Norman Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Bruno Piedboeuf Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Prakeshkumar Shah Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Nalini Singhal Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Erik Skarsgard Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Ann R. Stark Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence [8]
Dr. Helen Shannon Professor Chemical Engineering Independent Defence[8]
Dr. Christian Yates Professor Mathematical Biology Independent Defence
Dr. Alan Wayne Jones Professor Forensic toxicology Independent Defence[12]
Dr. Peter Green Professor Statistics Independent Defence
Dr. Richard Gill Professor Statistics Independent Defence
Dr. Svilena Dimitrova Consultant Neonatology Independent Defence
Dr. Neela Shabde Consultant Paediatrics Independent Defence
Jenny Harris Intensive Care Nurse Neonatology Independent Defence
Dr. Stephen Senn Professor Statistics Independent Defence
Dr. Tariq Ali Consultant Paediatrics Independent Defence
Dr. Philip Dawid Professor Statistics Independent Defence
Dr. Jane Hutton Professor Statistics Independent Defence
Dr. Gillian Tully Professor Forensic Science Independent Defence
Dr. Neil Aiton Consultant Neonatology Independent Defence[12]
Lord Sumption Supreme Court Judge Criminal Law Independent Defence[13]
Dr. Faye Skelton Professor Criminology Independent Defence[14]
Dr. Colin Morley Professor Neonatology Independent Defence[15]
Dr. Richard Taylor Consultant Neonatology Independent Defence[12][16]
Dr. Waney Squier Consultant Pathology Independent Defence[14]
Dr. Matthew Orde Consultant Pathology Independent Defence
Dr. David Wilson Professor Criminology Independent Prosecution[17]
Dr. Keith Frayn Professor Human Metabolism Independent Prosecution[18]
Dr. Normal Fenton Professor Statistics Independent Defence[19]
Dr. Scott McLachlan Lecturer Informatics Independent Defence[19]
Dr. John Ashton Professor Public Health Independent Defence[20]
Dr. David Livermore Professor Medical Microbiology Independent Defence[21]
Michele Worden Practice Nurse Neonatology Former CoCH Employee Defence[22]
Dr. John O’Quigley Professor Statistics Independent Defence[23]
Dr. Carola Vinuesa Professor Immunology Independent Defence[24]
Dr. Adel Ismail Consultant Endocrinology Independent Defence[12][25]
Adam King Barrister Criminal Law Independent Defence[26]
Dr. Ivan Blumenthal Consultant Paediatrics Former CoCH Employee Defence[27]
Dr. Joseph Wolfsdorf Professor Hypoglycaemia Independent Neutral[28]
Dr. Charles Stanley Professor Paediatrics Independent Defence[12]
Dr. MaAhew Johll Professor Forensic Science Independent Defence[12]
Dr. Hilde Wilkinson-Herbots Associate Professor Statistics Independent Defence[12]
Karen Rees Head of Nursing Paediatrics Former CoCH Employee Defence[29]
  1. Lucy Letby Trial recap, Chester Standard, July 3, 2023.
  2. Lucy Letby Trial recap, Chester Standard, July 6, 2023: “Professor Owen Arthurs viewed radiographic images for Child M and said they could not support or refute an air embolus.”
  3. Lucy Letby: Baby's catastrophic bleed not spontaneous, trial told, BBC, November 29, 2022. Per this report, Dr. Kinsey accepted in cross-examination that her findings did not assist with the cause of death, and that she had limited familiarity with air embolus.
  4. Baby had dangerously low blood sugar levels over three days, Letby trial told, The Standard, 24 February 2023.
  5. Lucy Letby Trial recap, Chester Standard, July 6, 2023: “Paediatric neuroradiologist Dr Stavros Stivaros provided agreed evidence in which he said Child M had shown signs of brain damage, likely caused by the collapse on April 9, 2016.”
  6. This may seem controversial, but in all the reports online there is no indication of what evidence he gave. It is not reported or mentioned in judgments or summing up. I am assuming, therefore, it was uncontroversial evidence, that may have admitted by consent as a witness statement and not cross-examined. Happy to be corrected.
  7. Lucy Letby Trial recap, Chester Standard, October 31, 2023; Doctor’s ‘regret’ over babies killed by Letby BBC, October 1, 2024.
  8. Jump up to: 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 Member of International Expert Panel
  9. Specialist doctor ‘felt misled’ about suspicion over baby deaths, Lucy Letby inquiry hears, ITV, 12 November 2024. Dr. Hawdon’s contemporaneous review concluded that the deaths of Babies A, I, O and P – were “unexpected and unexplained.” Her evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry was that she may have taken a different approach to her review if she knew of the consultants’ suspicions of murder.
  10. My evidence might have changed killer nurse Lucy Letby's trial Express, August 26, 2024.
  11. Lucy Letby: killer or coincidence? Why some experts question the evidence Guardian 9 Jul 2024.
  12. Jump up to: 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Summary of Joint Expert Witness Report on Baby F and L.
  13. Why I believe Lucy Letby is probably innocent Sunday Times, March 30 2025.
  14. Jump up to: 14.0 14.1 Lucy Letby: The New Evidence, Channel 5, September 2024.
  15. File on Four, BBC, 1 October 2024
  16. Lucy Letby prosecution expert ‘changes mind’ over how babies died, The Times, December 16 2024
  17. Accept that Lucy Letby is a killer, no matter how “nice” she seems, The Herald, 24 March 2025. (Dr. Wilson is often cited as being pro-prosecution, but his views seem more nuanced than that. For example, his article closes as follows:

    “I’m still left wondering that if her case had been heard in Scotland would the prosecution have been dismissed as ‘not proven’?”

  18. The actual evidence against Lucy Letby, The Times, February 5, 2025.
  19. Jump up to: 19.0 19.1 Is Lucy Letby guilty? Professor Norman Fenton interviews Law Health Tech from Twitter and Substack
  20. Former Cumbrian director of health voices concerns over Letby trial, Cumberland News and Star, March 31, 2025.
  21. Lucy Letby Must Be Allowed an Appeal, The Daily Sceptic, 11 September 2023
  22. Lucy Letby’s hospital unit was ‘accident waiting to happen’ Daily Telegraph, 24 August 2024. Ms. Worden was made redundant from CoCH on 2007.
  23. Suspected serial killers and unsuspected statistical blunders Sage, 1 April 2024.
  24. Sample post on X.com, December 30, 2024
  25. Lucy Letby: Experts tell BBC about medical evidence concerns BBC, 1 October 2024.
  26. The flaws in the Lucy Letby case, Unherd, July 24, 2024.
  27. Thoughts About Lucy Letby Parts 1-3, February 12, 2025.
  28. Lucy Letby: Serial killer or a miscarriage of justice? Daily Telegraph, July 9, 2024. There is some suggestion that Professor Wolfsdorf walked this back in Judith Moritz’ book, but it is not well reported. Moritz quotes Wolfsdorf as saying:

    “All I can confidently state is the insulin: C-peptide molar ratio ... is consistent with factitious [deliberately introduced] hypoglycaemia.”

    As regular readers know, “consistent with” is often used for heavy lifting, and Ms. Moritz asks a lot of it here, concluding — these are her, and not Professor Wolfsdorf’s, words — that:

    “In other words, the surest conclusion we can draw from Baby L’s test result is that he was poisoned with insulin.”

  29. Lucy Letby’s former boss: If she was lying she deserved an Oscar.