A panel of experts is presenting what they say is ‘new evidence’. (Image: Cheshire Police)
An international panel of experts in the care of newborn babies will present what they say is “significant new medical evidence” in the case of the convicted child serial killer .
Letby, 35, is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.
The babies were attacked while the defendant worked as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Analysis carried out by a “blue riband committee” of 14 neonatalogists will be revealed at a press conference in central London today (February 4).
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Panel finds alternative causes of death for ‘large number of babies’, report says
Among those on the panel of experts is retired medic Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies – which featured prominently in Letby’s 10-month trial.
Dr Lee, who founded the Canadian Neonatal Network which includes 27 hospitals and 16 universities, has told The Sunday Times he believed his findings on skin discolouration were misinterpreted by the prosecution.
The newspaper also reported it was understood the expert panel had found alternative causes of death for a “large number” of the babies who featured in the trial.
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