Lucy Letby: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

A small number of her friends and former colleagues have continued to believe in Letby's innocence.<ref name="Evans 2023">{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Holly |date=27 August 2023 |title=Friends and colleagues of murderer Lucy Letby insist baby killing nurse is innocent |work=Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lucy-letby-killer-nurse-friends-b2400211.html |access-date=28 August 2023 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828215353/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lucy-letby-killer-nurse-friends-b2400211.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the verdict conspiracy-theories soon began circulating on the internet doubting the outcome.<ref name="Steafal 2023">{{cite news |title=How internet sleuths are already trying to prove Lucy Letby innocent |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/24/lucy-letby-appeal-internet-sleuths/ |url-status=live |date=24 August 2023|first1=Eleanor |last1=Steafel |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825025512/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/24/lucy-letby-appeal-internet-sleuths/ |archive-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> The Letby case has joined a trend where amateur "internet sleuths" purport to have uncovered evidence suggesting that a miscarriage of justice has taken place.{{r|Steafal 2023}}<ref name="Manavis 2023">{{cite news |last1=Manavis |first1=Sarah |title=Lucy Letby true crime content should worry us all |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/social-media/2023/08/lucy-letby-true-crime-content-obsessive-coverage |access-date=1 September 2023 |work=New Statesman |date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831074115/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/social-media/2023/08/lucy-letby-true-crime-content-obsessive-coverage |url-status=live }}</ref> ~~Amongst this~~Additionally, statistician [[Richard D. Gill]] and lawyer Neil Mackenzie KC, who co-authored a work with others on the use of statistics in court cases, have also cast doubt on the outcome.{{r|Steafal 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Nicola |date=2023-10-03 |title=Experts call for Lucy Letby inquiry to cover statistical evidence used in trial |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/03/lucy-letby-inquiry-statistical-evidence-used-in-trial |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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