Talk:Lucy Letby: Difference between revisions

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*No evidence was presented to show any of the infants contracted bacterial or parasitic infections linked to dirty water caused by drainage problems.

*Though journalists have since queried the suitability of the insulin tests for use in a criminal prosecution, the defence team did not.

~~====Concession that the insulin was deliberate====~~

~~The Court reporting suggests this was less emphatic than it has been made out to be:<ref>{{plainlink|https://shorturl.at/zjQD1|Chester Standard report of May 18 2023}} (see 12.11pm).</ref>~~

~~{{quote|~~

~~Letby is asked if Child E was poisoned with insulin. ~~

~~“Yes I agree that he had insulin.” ~~

~~“Do you believe that somebody gave it to him unlawfully?” ~~

~~“Yes.” ~~

~~“Do you believe that someone targeted him?” ~~

~~“No.” ~~

~~“It was a random act?” ~~

~~“Yes...I don't know where the insulin came from.” ~~

~~“Do you agree [Child L] was poisoned with insulin?” ~~

~~“From the blood results, yes.” ~~

~~“Do you agree that someone targeted him specifically?” ~~

~~“No...I don't know how the insulin got there.” ~~

~~Letby adds: “I don’t believe that any member of staff on the unit would make a mistake in giving insulin.”}}~~

====Liver injury====

One of the babies suffered significant liver trauma. The post-mortem said the bleed was due to vigorous CPR, but a forensic pathologist from told the jury he’d only ever seen this type of extensive internal injury in children involved in road, trampolines cycling accidents, or who had been deliberately assaulted.

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 *No evidence was presented to show any of the infants contracted bacterial or parasitic infections linked to dirty water caused by drainage problems.
 *Though journalists have since queried the suitability of the insulin tests for use in a criminal prosecution, the defence team did not.
-====Concession that the insulin was deliberate====
-The Court reporting suggests this was less emphatic than it has been made out to be:<ref>{{plainlink|https://shorturl.at/zjQD1|Chester Standard report of May 18 2023}} (see 12.11pm).</ref>
-{{quote|
-Letby is asked if Child E was poisoned with insulin. <br>
-“Yes I agree that he had insulin.” <br>
-“Do you believe that somebody gave it to him unlawfully?”<br>
-“Yes.”<br>
-“Do you believe that someone targeted him?”<br>
-“No.”<br>
-“It was a random act?”<br>
-“Yes...I don't know where the insulin came from.”<br>
-“Do you agree [Child L] was poisoned with insulin?”<br>
-“From the blood results, yes.”<br>
-“Do you agree that someone targeted him specifically?”<br>
-“No...I don't know how the insulin got there.”<br>
-Letby adds: “I don’t believe that any member of staff on the unit would make a mistake in giving insulin.”}}
 ====Liver injury====
 One of the babies suffered significant liver trauma. The post-mortem said the bleed was due to vigorous CPR, but a forensic pathologist from told the jury he’d only ever seen this type of extensive internal injury in children involved in road, trampolines cycling accidents, or who had been deliberately assaulted.