Lucy Letby’s lawyers claim ‘witness has changed mind’ in bombshell press conference

‘s barrister has revealed a witness in the abby killer’s case has “changed his mind” as he delivered a press conference this afternoon.

Letby’s legal team will be asking the Court of Appeal to immediately review all of her convictions because the expert witness “has now changed his mind on the cause of death of three babies”.

Mark McDonald said: “Dr Evans had said to the jury that Lucy Letby had injected air down a nasal gastric tube and this had led to the death of the three babies.

“This was repeated to the Court of Appeal, who may have been misled when they ruled on the application for leave against the convictions.

“Dr Evans has also said that he has revised his opinion in relation to Baby C and has written a new report, a new report that he has given to the police, months ago now.

“Despite numerous requests, the prosecution has yet to give this report to the defence. The defence will argue that Dr Evans is not a reliable expert, and given that he was the lead expert for the prosecution, we say that all the convictions are not safe.”

The former neonatal nurse is currently serving 14 life sentences for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven more, following her conviction in 2023.

Following the conviction, meaning that she would never be eligible for parole and would die behind bars.

But since the verdict, thousands of social media users as well as expert statisticians, scientists and medical professionals have come forward to cast doubt on the fairness of the trial and ultimately

The discussion on the safety of conviction has been condemned by the families of the victims, who labelled them “hurtful and distasteful.”

Doubts over the conviction have even been raised by MPs, with former Conservative Party leadership candidate Sir David Davis saying this year that he is “90 odd per cent sure” that Letby is innocent and should be given a fresh trial.

Since the verdict, several details have come to light which have cast doubt on the evidence presented to the jury during the trial.

Statisticians told the ’s Panorama programme that they believed that statistical data which showed that Letby was the in question, might be flawed due to the deaths omitted from the evidence. Other statisticians have dismissed these criticisms.

Cheshire Police is currently investigating around 4,000 babies who were in Letby’s care between 2012 and 2015 while she was a nurse at the Countess of Chester and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Earlier this month, of babies at both hospitals during the time that she worked there.

Mr McDonald said his client had voluntarily attended the interview, had not been arrested and maintained her innocence.