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Given the forthcoming retrial, anyone reporting or publishing must take care not to breach the law on contempt of court.
A member of the media outside the Countess of Chester Hospital during the Lucy Letby trial in August 2023.
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The often long and complex nature of corporate manslaughter investigations means that prosecutions can take years, if they happen at all.
British nurse and now convicted serial killer Lucy Letby being arrested in July 2018.
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These ‘custodial killers’ are often healthcare workers who murder helpless or dependent people in their care.
Repeated complaints were made about Letby’s presence during unexplained infant deaths.
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Regulating NHS managers would ensure they’re held to account for their decisions and actions.
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As humans, we want a rational explanation to help us understand why someone would commit these horrific crimes.
Letby has been given a full like sentence for murdering babies in her care.
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Our sense that Letby’s appearance or lifestyle makes her an outlier is based on our own preconceptions – and misconceptions.
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A medical lawyer explains what a parent can expect when their newborn requires specialist care on a neonatal ward.