Photograph: Cheshire Constabulary via Getty ImagesThe blurb for the latest in a long and growing line of documentaries on Lucy Letby (this one is entitled The Investigation of Lucy Letby and was released on Netflix last week) describes it as an insight into how “the horror unfolded”. Is Lucy Letby innocent? Letby’s new barrister Mark McDonald is highly critical of the expert medical evidence used to convict his client. So if Letby’s conviction is unsafe, what alternative explanation might there be for the deaths of those seven babies? Six of the seven babies who died in the Letby case were premature, three weighing less than 3lbs.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2026 22:41 UTC