A FORMER Supreme Court judge has laid out why he believes convicted killer Lucy Letby is innocent.
Jonathan Sumption argues the nurse was found guilty and caged based on circumstantial evidence.
The basic problem is that there was no direct evidence against Letby. The prosecution case was entirely based on inferences from circumstantial evidence,” he wrote in The Times.
“In summary, they alleged that there had been an unusual spike in the number of infant deaths in the hospital, from two to four in a typical year to 17 over a 13-month period in 2015 and 2016.
“Letby’s victims were said to have been stable and healthy until they suffered a sudden and extraordinary collapse which could not be explained by any natural cause.”
Sumption went on to criticize a list of “speculative” accusations made by the prosection.
He continued: “The prosecution accused Letby of using one or other of five methods.
“In the largest category of cases (six out of fourteen) she was said to have injected air into their veins, causing an air embolism that was usually fatal.
“In three cases she was said to have forced air into their stomachs through a nasogastric tube. In two cases she was said to have poisoned them by adding insulin to the bags of fluid being administered intravenously.
“She was said to have tried twice to kill one baby by overfeeding with milk (unsuccessfully); another baby by a deliberately inflicted throat trauma (again unsuccessfully); and a third baby by dislodging a feeding tube (also unsuccessfully).”
It comes after the victims' parents have criticised the “misinformed circus” of supporters of Letby.
“The media PR campaign aimed to garner public sympathy for Letby demonstrates a complete lack of understanding for Letby’s crimes and the complexity of the case,” the mother of Baby C, a premature boy murdered with an injection of air, said.
“The misinformed and inaccurate media circus...is potentiating the distress of all of the families involved.”
Flying Eze revealed last week what Letby's own parents, Jonathan, 79, and Susan Letby, 65, said about the case.
Statistical misrepresentation consultant, Professor Richard Gill, is among an increasing number of supporters who believe the ex-nurse is innocent.
He has been pushing for a retrial and even joined protesters outside Liverpool Town Hall, where the inquiry was being held, last week.
Professor Gill has previously helped free multiple medical professionals wrongfully convicted of killing patients, including Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk and Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali.
He wrote to the couple and received a personal response from the usually fiercely private pair.
Speaking to Flying Eze, he said: “I have written to her parents and I actually got a letter back from them, which was very touching.
“It was two letters because there was a formal letter... the standard one which they send to anyone who sent them a letter, but also a longer personal letter in which they said they knew about what I’d been doing.
“That was a very nice personal letter.”
In one correspondence, seen by Flying Eze, Letby's parents reveal they “firmly believe” their daughter's convictions will be “the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history“.
They thank Prof Gill for his work in support of their daughter's cause – and that they are pleased “public opinion is beginning to sway” in her favour “at last”.
Prof Gill – who has argued he can prove Letby's innocence – wrote back asking if he could give them a call “to talk about some more things”.
Timeline of horror - how Letby targeted babies
LUCY Letby carried out her horrific crimes in a year-long period at Countess of Chester Hospital.
She used insulin and air to inject newborns while working on the neo-natal ward.
The collapses and deaths of the children were not “naturally-occurring tragedies”; and instead the gruesome work of “poisoner”; Letby.
Her rampage was finally uncovered after staff grew suspicious of the “significant rise” in the number of babies dying or suffering “catastrophic” collapses.
Letby was found to be the “common denominator” among the horrifying incidents.
Officers then searched her three-bedroom home in Chester and discovered a chilling cache of evidence.
The nurse had scribbled haunting notes in diaries and on Post-It notes, including one that read: “I am evil I did this.”
The note added: “I don't deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them.
“I am a horrible person.”
A probe into whether Letby harmed any other babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital is ongoing.
A corporate manslaughter investigation is also ongoing, as is now a gross negligence manslaughter one.
However, he never got a response.
He added: “We know they don’t like publicity and that they get a lot of unwelcome attention.
“I think that’s a pity because at this stage it wouldn’t harm Lucy’s case if they got interviewed by one of the journalists who are sympathetic to her and the idea that this is a miscarriage of justice.”
Prof Gill has slammed Cheshire Police after it announced that staff at Letby's former hospital could now face corporate manslaughter charges amid growing concern she was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
The force said its current probe had widened into gross negligence manslaughter.
Prof Gill told Flying Eze he believes the police are using a “diversionary tactic”.
He said: “It will be interesting. Those top managers can pay for top lawyers, and they can get good expert advice.
“NHS statistics show that the increase in mortality can be fully explained by changes in admissions policy.
“I think this is a diversionary tactic by the police which will backfire on them.”
