New evidence from Lucy Letby’s lawyers which ‘proves her innocence’ is ‘full of ERRORS’,  familes of murdered babies say

THE new evidence put forward by Lucy Letby's defence lawyers is “full or errors”, according to the families of the babies she's convicted of murdering.

They say details heard at the Thirlwall inquiry, including of supposed infections that two babies had, are inaccurate.

The hearing, which closed last week to consider conclusions, reviewed events at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time of the deaths between June 2015 and June 2016.

Former nurse Letby, 35, is serving a whole life order for murdering seven helpless infants and attempting to murder seven more on the hospital's neonatal ward.

Richard Baker KC, representing the families, made submissions to “debunk” arguments from 14 medical experts who claimed the evidence against Letby is “unsafe”.

Their arguments are being used as part of a Criminal Cases Review Commission challenge.

Preliminary reports are understood to have been lodged with the Commission, the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice.

It has confirmed it is looking into Letby's case.

Among such contested arguments, includes Baby I having a bacterial infection causing thick secretions which blocked an endotracheal tube.

However, the families say testing suggests the child never developed the infection and the tube was not in place when they died.

Letby's new team, headed by human rights barrister Mark McDonald, also claims Baby G had an infection causing vomiting.

But the families say the child became severely unwell after being attacked.

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, includingDutch nurse Lucia de Berkand 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”.

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 also 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.”

Previous reports have suggested other supporters of Letby – a mix of those convinced of her innocence and others harbouring a ghoulish fascination with the case – have been organising ‘tours’ of her old haunts, including gathering outside her old home in Chester.

With this in mind, it’s unsurprising that when Flying Eze spoke to Letby’s old neighbours they were keen to distance themselves from the notorious case which has no doubt blighted the area.

Letby moved from nursing accommodation into the neighbourhood in April 2016, purchasing her three-bed home for £179,000.

Following her dramatic arrest there in 2018, she sold the semi-detached property in 2019 for £201,000, to a man said to have known about the charges against her.

He told Flying Eze he did not wish to speak about the shocking case.

Another neighbour meanwhile – a retired NHS worker who had worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the same time as Letby – questioned the anomaly of the high number of baby deaths in the maternity unit.

She said: “The amount of deaths was reportedly higher than the norm, but was put down to an anomaly.

“We don’t know if this was because they were trying to save more babies, which being so ill would have died anywhere else.

“We are all retired in this part of the road and we all have our own opinions on things, but we don’t make them public.”

Sickeningly, Facebook groups, including the now defunct ‘Pervert$ unite to support Lucy Letby', previously saw members gushing over their love for her.

More recently, asick pub birthday partywas held, and there was even talk of aLetby-themed speed dating event.