Lucy Letby infant murders trial - Guilty verdict (P 13)

[MillionMilesAway]

Wouldn't that be grounds for the whole conviction and sentence to be quashed and have to do a new trial from scratch?

I don't know - I'd think it would help an appeal, but I'm no lawyer.

PE have gone in very strongly on this though.

@Stephen230 - my impression was that it was particularly regarding the first trial, but it may have been both.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

A third trial seems scandalous.

Just like Barry George being convicted for the murder of Jill Dando, there’s been something about this case that makes me feel uneasy from day one.

 

[HelloCity]

Lucy Letby: Questions grow in debate on killer's convictions

A number of experts are raising concerns about evidence presented in the neonatal nurse's trials.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[HelloCity]

‘I am evil I did this’: Lucy Letby’s so-called confessions were written on advice of counsellors

Prosecutors used densely written Post-its to build case against nurse, but she was told to write down her feelings to cope with extreme stress, sources say

www.theguardian.com

Scribbled notes by the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, used to help convict her of murdering seven babies, were written on the advice of professionals as a way of dealing with extreme stress, the Guardian has learned.

The notes were relied on as amounting to a confession by the prosecution during her first trial and in the court of appeal, but sources close to the case said they were produced after counselling sessions as part of a therapeutic process in which she was advised to write down her troubling thoughts and feelings.

Densely written on Post-it notes and a torn sheet of paper, they were overwritten in places and sometimes highlighted in capitals. They included the words: "I am evil I did this," "I killed them on purpose because I am not good enough to care for them and I am a horrible evil person," and "hate."

The prosecution used the notes to help build the case against Letby, ending the opening speech highlighting the phrase: "I am evil I did this." Throughout the trial the jury was repeatedly reminded of that statement, and encouraged to interpret the notes literally.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

A third trial seems scandalous.

Just like Barry George being convicted for the murder of Jill Dando, there’s been something about this case that makes me feel uneasy from day one.

Give over. He was guilty as fuck

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Give over. He was guilty as fuck

Read up on the case. It just wasn’t right from day one and since then he was unanimously acquitted.

I suspect a professional hitman was acting on behalf of a major criminal she helped convict on Crimewatch.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Read up on the case. It just wasn’t right from day one and since then he was unanimously acquitted.

I suspect a professional hitman was acting on behalf of a major criminal she helped convict on Crimewatch.

OK

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Give over. He was guilty as fuck

We'll never know unless someone else is convicted. That's unlikely.

The one piece of physical evidence against him was unreliable.

Why do you think he is guilty?

 

[MCFC Wirral]

OK

Profound. Such an inspiring and carefully thought out reply has helped form a new perspective.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

This appears to be gathering some serious momentum now.

I think she was very poorly represented at her trial, possibly negligently so, although interestingly she didn’t sack them for her appeal.

She plainly lacks any street-smart, and whilst I don’t think that establishes her innocence I think it means she’s made some bad decisions around the conduct of her defence and it will have influenced how she presented herself throughout proceedings.