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Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns

The Guardian Australia - World · 15 September 2026 at 12:47 am

Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns

Some of the arguments inconsistent with ‘available evidence, science and established physiology’, say pair Two leading experts have withdrawn from Lucy Letby’s defence team over concerns about the “scientific credibility” of some of its evidence.

The former neonatal nurse is challenging her convictions for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England.

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Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns

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