Lucy Letby: the handover notes: Difference between revisions

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:—{{plainlink|https://web.archive.org/web/20240706010703/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13604633/Lucy-Letby-conspiracy-theorists-wrong-New-Yorker-theories-errors-evidence-LIZ-HULL.html|“Lucy Letby Conspiracy Theorists are Wrong”, Liz Hull, ''Daily Mail'', July 5, 2024}}.}}

{{drop|I|t was alleged}} — strictly speaking, it is ''alleged'' that it was alleged<ref>No media organisation used the word “trophies” before the verdict. There was one stray reference from a ~~[[Poundshop Poirot]]~~ on ~~Reddit~~ ({{~~plhttps~~://www.reddit.com/r/lucyletby/|r/lucyletby}}). The first reference post-verdict is the Standard, which paraphrases Mr Justice Goss’s sentencing remarks: {{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-sentencing-today-when-killer-nurse-murder-police-arrest-b1101869.html|Killer nurse Lucy Letby to die in prison after being sentenced to whole life order}}</ref> — that Ms. Letby took handover sheets home with her and kept them as “trophies” of her grisly deeds. In her judgment on Ms Letby’s appeal, President of the King’s Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp said the following:

{{drop|I|t was alleged}} — strictly speaking, it is ''alleged'' that it was alleged<ref>No media organisation used the word “trophies” before the verdict. There was one stray reference from a pitchforker on Amy Gull’s subreddit ({{pl|https://www.reddit.com/r/lucyletby/|r/lucyletby}}). The first reference post-verdict is the Standard, which paraphrases Mr Justice Goss’s sentencing remarks: {{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-sentencing-today-when-killer-nurse-murder-police-arrest-b1101869.html|Killer nurse Lucy Letby to die in prison after being sentenced to whole life order}}</ref> — that Ms. Letby took handover sheets home with her and kept them as “trophies” of her grisly deeds. In her judgment on Ms Letby’s appeal, President of the King’s Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp said the following:

{{quote|[''Ms. Letby''] retained and took home a large number of handover sheets as “trophies” of her crimes. These handover sheets were confidential documents and should not have been removed from the unit. Over 200 were found hidden under the applicant’s bed. <ref>{{cite|Letby|R| 2024| EWCA Crim|748}}, at Para 27. Judgment {{pl|https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/R-v-Letby-Final-Judgment-20240702.pdf|here}}.</ref>}}

====It ''wasn’t'' alleged====

{{drop|L|et me first}} explain my “allegation” [[pedantry]]. It has so entered the commonplace that Ms Letby “collected trophies” that even the President of the King’s Bench repeated it without so much as a pausing, whilst recapping issues from the trial.

But, during the trial, it was ''not'' alleged, by ''anyone'', that Ms. Letby kept the handover notes “as trophies”. She had 257 handover sheets, sure, in a shoebox labelled “keep”. But no-one claimed them to be trophies. As far as the transcripts reveal, no variation of the word “trophy” was uttered over the course of the ten-month trial. Not in opening, not in evidence, not in cross examination, and not in closing.<ref>~~One my fellow~~ [[~~Pundshop~~ Poirot~~|pundshop Poirots~~]] has accumulated a near-complete record of the trial transcripts and kindly searched for “Trophy”, “Trophies”, “trophy”, “trophies” across the whole database for me. There were no hits.</ref>

But, during the trial, it was ''not'' alleged, by ''anyone'', that Ms. Letby kept the handover notes “as trophies”. She had 257 handover sheets, sure, in a shoebox labelled “keep”. But no-one claimed them to be trophies. As far as the transcripts reveal, no variation of the word “trophy” was uttered over the course of the ten-month trial. Not in opening, not in evidence, not in cross examination, and not in closing.<ref>{{pl|https://x.com/triedbystats|@triedbystats}}, one the august company of [[Poundshop Poirot]]s who has been on the case from the beginning, has accumulated a near-complete record of the trial transcripts, and kindly searched for “Trophy”, “Trophies”, “trophy”, “trophies” across the whole database for me. There were no hits.</ref>

The Crown Prosecutor did not really make much of the handover notes at all. Mr Johnson KC said:

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 :—{{plainlink|https://web.archive.org/web/20240706010703/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13604633/Lucy-Letby-conspiracy-theorists-wrong-New-Yorker-theories-errors-evidence-LIZ-HULL.html|“Lucy Letby Conspiracy Theorists are Wrong”, Liz Hull, ''Daily Mail'', July 5, 2024}}.}}
-{{drop|I|t was alleged}} — strictly speaking, it is ''alleged'' that it was alleged<ref>No media organisation used the word “trophies” before the verdict. There was one stray reference from a [[Poundshop Poirot]] on Reddit ({{plhttps://www.reddit.com/r/lucyletby/|r/lucyletby}}). The first reference post-verdict is the Standard, which paraphrases Mr Justice Goss’s sentencing remarks: {{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-sentencing-today-when-killer-nurse-murder-police-arrest-b1101869.html|Killer nurse Lucy Letby to die in prison after being sentenced to whole life order}}</ref> — that Ms. Letby took handover sheets home with her and kept them as “trophies” of her grisly deeds. In her judgment on Ms Letby’s appeal, President of the King’s Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp said the following:
+{{drop|I|t was alleged}} — strictly speaking, it is ''alleged'' that it was alleged<ref>No media organisation used the word “trophies” before the verdict. There was one stray reference from a pitchforker on Amy Gull’s subreddit ({{pl|https://www.reddit.com/r/lucyletby/|r/lucyletby}}). The first reference post-verdict is the Standard, which paraphrases Mr Justice Goss’s sentencing remarks: {{pl|https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lucy-letby-sentencing-today-when-killer-nurse-murder-police-arrest-b1101869.html|Killer nurse Lucy Letby to die in prison after being sentenced to whole life order}}</ref> — that Ms. Letby took handover sheets home with her and kept them as “trophies” of her grisly deeds. In her judgment on Ms Letby’s appeal, President of the King’s Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp said the following:
 {{quote|[''Ms. Letby''] retained and took home a large number of handover sheets as “trophies” of her crimes. These handover sheets were confidential documents and should not have been removed from the unit.  Over 200 were found hidden under the applicant’s bed. <ref>{{cite|Letby|R| 2024| EWCA Crim|748}}, at Para 27. Judgment {{pl|https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/R-v-Letby-Final-Judgment-20240702.pdf|here}}.</ref>}}
 ====It ''wasn’t'' alleged====
 {{drop|L|et me first}} explain my “allegation” [[pedantry]]. It has so entered the commonplace that Ms Letby “collected trophies” that even the President of the King’s Bench repeated it without so much as a pausing, whilst recapping issues from the trial.
-But, during the trial, it was ''not'' alleged, by ''anyone'', that Ms. Letby kept the handover notes “as trophies”. She had 257 handover sheets, sure, in a shoebox labelled “keep”. But no-one claimed them to be trophies. As far as the transcripts reveal, no variation of the word “trophy” was uttered over the course of the ten-month trial. Not in opening, not in evidence, not in cross examination, and not in closing.<ref>One my fellow [[Pundshop Poirot|pundshop Poirots]] has accumulated a near-complete record of the trial transcripts and kindly searched for “Trophy”, “Trophies”, “trophy”, “trophies” across the whole database for me. There were no hits.</ref>
+But, during the trial, it was ''not'' alleged, by ''anyone'', that Ms. Letby kept the handover notes “as trophies”. She had 257 handover sheets, sure, in a shoebox labelled “keep”. But no-one claimed them to be trophies. As far as the transcripts reveal, no variation of the word “trophy” was uttered over the course of the ten-month trial. Not in opening, not in evidence, not in cross examination, and not in closing.<ref>{{pl|https://x.com/triedbystats|@triedbystats}}, one the august company of [[Poundshop Poirot]]s who has been on the case from the beginning, has accumulated a near-complete record of the trial transcripts, and kindly searched for “Trophy”, “Trophies”, “trophy”, “trophies” across the whole database for me. There were no hits.</ref>
 The Crown Prosecutor did not really make much of the handover notes at all. Mr Johnson KC said: