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Letby didn't murder babies new experts claim.

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Babs03 Tue 04-Feb-25 15:09:04

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgl5yyg1x6o.amp

Whatever your views are on this it seems that it is becoming increasingly apparent that more evidence calling her conviction into question may result in an appeal or retrial.

Daddima Wed 21-May-25 09:55:49

I honestly have no idea whether she did or didn’t, and really can’t understand people saying she definitely did, as our information comes mostly from unconfirmable sources. One example often given is diary entries. Were they from an actual diary, or random scribbles? People still quote them as ‘confessions’.
Having served on three juries, I remember being amazed at the attitudes of some of my fellow jurors, who seemed either not to have listened to or understood the evidence, or had immediately decided, ‘ he must have done it or he wouldn’t be here’.
I know everyone reacts differently to situations, but I simply cannot imagine myself being so calm, both when being arrested and in court. That’s the only thing which makes me tend to think she may be guilty. Then again……

OldFrill Wed 21-May-25 11:29:26

From what I've read there were coded diary entries that were decided by police/prosecution to aid their case. Mostly there seemed to be scribbled notes on pieces of paper.
There were notes stating she was innocent too but these appeared not to have been used, or not highlighted as much either in court or the media. The notes could have been the result of counselling she was undergoing - l don't think this was considered in court, and only in the media after the verdict.
I don't know if she is guilty or not but l think she was hugely let down by her defence and with the experts' evidence that all the babies could have died of natural causes, it appears the police and prosecution might have (inadvertently) used circumstantial evidence to fit crimes that hadn't actually happened.

OldFrill Wed 21-May-25 11:29:59

Sorry *decided is decoded