Lucy Letby’s lawyers seek fresh appeal after saying expert witness ‘changed his mind’ over deaths
Lucy Letby’s lawyers are seeking to launch a fresh appeal over her convictions after claiming the prosecution’s lead witness was “not reliable”.
The serial killer nurse’s barrister, Mark McDonald, said he would immediately seek permission from the Court of Appeal to take the “exceptional, but necessary, decision” to apply to reopen her case.
Speaking at a press conference at the Royal Society of Medicine in central London, Mr McDonald said that “remarkably”, Dr Dewi Evans had “changed his mind” over the mechanism of death involving three of Letby’s murder victims.
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Lucy Letby’s lawyers seek fresh appeal after saying expert witness ‘changed his mind’ over deaths