Lucy Letby’s lawyers have called for her case to be investigated over a ’miscarriage of justice’ as they make a final plea to have her 15 life sentences overturned.
Letby, from Hereford, was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others, with two attempts on one child, when she worked on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
After two trials, she is serving 15 whole-life orders, making her only the fourth woman in UK history to be told she will never be released from prison.
Today, her legal team are presenting "new evidence" to have her case overturned.
MP Sir David Davis began the press conference in London to present "significant new evidence" from Dr Shoo Lee, an internationally recognised neonatal medical expert.
Sir David said: "He’s come here today, I suspect at his own expense, to put right what I think, anyway, is one of the major injustices of modern times."
Doctor Lee opened the panel by explaining its 14 members set out to determine each baby’s cause of death.
The team includes 10 neonatologists, a pediatric surgeon, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, and a neonatal intensive care nurse.
"We understand their stress and their anguish, and our work is not meant to cause more distress," Doctor Lee said.
"Rather, it is meant to give them comfort and assurance in knowing the truth about what really happened.
"We know that they want to know the truth and that is why we are here to tell the truth.
"Should they have any queries or concerns, we’d be pleased to discuss them with them."
He added that to go through each child’s death would take "days or weeks" so the panel will only study a select few.
The first baby they looked into was killed by Thrombosis - not by air being injected into its bloodstream he claimed.
Dr Shoo Lee said: "The notion that these cases are air embolisms because they collapse and because there were skin rashes has no basis in evidence. Let’s be clear about that."
A Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) spokesperson said: "We are aware that there has been a great deal of speculation and commentary surrounding Lucy Letby’s case, much of it from parties with only a partial view of the evidence. We ask that everyone remembers the families affected by events at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
"We have received a preliminary application in relation to Ms Letby’s case, and work has begun to assess the application. We anticipate further submissions being made to us.
"It is not for the CCRC to determine innocence or guilt in a case, that’s a matter for the courts.
"It is for the CCRC to find, investigate and if appropriate, refer potential miscarriages of justice to the appellate courts when new evidence or new argument means there is a real possibility that a conviction will not be upheld, or a sentence reduced.
"At this stage it is not possible to determine how long it will take to review this application. A significant volume of complicated evidence was presented to the court in Ms Letby’s trials.
"The CCRC is independent. We do not work for the government, courts, police, the prosecution or for anyone applying for a review of their case. This helps us investigate alleged miscarriages of justice impartially."
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