Talk:Lucy Letby

Alleged Method

• Potassium Chloride: easily available, easy to administer, kills quickly, quickly dissipates and is hard to detect.

Resources

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Category	Daniela Poggiali	Lucia de Berk	Jane Bolding	Lucy Letby
“Incriminating” evidence	Took selfies laughing with dead body She had the ability to switch between wings of hospital Fiery temper, played pranks on colleagues Found patients irritating Allegations of thefts of jewellery	Example	Example	Googled parents That post-it note The increased insulin without corresponding C-peptide in 2 victims Had lots of teddy bears
Motive	“She must have just loved killing people”	Example	Example	Example
Actual evidence	Correlation between shifts and deaths	Example	Example	Correlation between shifts and deaths
Mitigants	Large ward many patients High proportion of very old and terminally ill patients Data collection was pretty ropey	Example	Example	Example
Alleged Method	Pottassium Choloride	Example	Example	Several
Resources	Richard Gill blog	Example	Example	New Yorker article We need to talk about lucy letby podcast

Peasant 2:

Peasant 1: We have found a witch may we burn her?
Peasant 2: Burn her!
Bedevere: How do you know she is a witch?
Peasant 1: She looks like one
Bedevere: Bring her forward.
Woman: I am not a witch
Bedevere:But you are dressed as one
Woman: They dressed me up like this
Peasant 1: We didn't!
Woman: And this isn't my nose it's a false one
Bedevere:Well?
Peasant 1: Well, we did do the nose
Bedevere: The nose?
Peasant 2: And the hat but she is a witch
Peasant 1: Burn her!
Bedevere: Did you dress her up like this?
Peasant 1: No.
Peasant 2: Yes.
Peasant 3: Yes.
Peasant 3: A bit. She has got a wart.
Bedevere: What makes you think she is a witch?
Peasant 1: Well, she turned me into a newt.
Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant 1: I got better.
Peasant 2: Burn her anyway!
Peasant 1: Burn her!
Bedevere: Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? What are they? Tell us.
Bedevere: Tell me, what do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them!
Bedevere: What do you burn apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches!
Peasant 2: Wood.
Bedevere: So, why do witches burn?
Peasant 1: Because they're made of wood?
Bedevere: Good!
Bedevere: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her!
Bedevere: Can you not also make bridges of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh, yeah.
Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No. It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Bedevere: What also floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 4: Cider.
Peasant 5: Cherries.
Peasant 6: Gravy.
Peasant 7: Mud.
Peasant 8: Churches.
Peasant 9: Lead.
Arthur: A duck!
Bedevere: Exactly. So, logically —
Peasant 1: If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.
Bedevere: And, therefore?

Peasant 1: A witch!
Peasant 1: A witch!