May 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry report delayed to at least September 2026 · six-baby inquests relisted to 2027 · CCRC review active · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.
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Between 2015 and 2016, seventeen babies either died or suffered serious collapses on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Lucy Letby was convicted of seven murders and seven attempted murders in 2023 and a further count in 2024. In February 2025, fourteen international neonatologists led by Dr Shoo Lee publicly concluded that they found no medical evidence of deliberate harm in any of the cases reviewed. The case is now under review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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Key live disputes: medical causation (air embolism, insulin, NEC, sepsis); statistical reasoning (shift-chart, base rates, selection bias); documentary evidence (Post-it notes, Facebook searches, handover sheets); expert methodology and disclosure (Hindmarsh GMC non-disclosure; Evans methodology); door-swipe data mislabelling (CPS admission August 2024); hospital staffing, acuity and governance failings.
February 2025 — International Expert Panel
Convened by Dr Shoo Lee — Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and the lead author of the 1989 air-embolism paper cited by the prosecution — the panel reviewed the medical evidence for every count on the indictment.
"We found no medical evidence of deliberate harm in any of the cases."
— Dr Shoo Lee, speaking at the London press conference, Reported findings: 3 February 2025.
Prosecution claim, then counter-evidence. Three of the ten issues now on record.
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Prosecution: The Crown argued that skin discolouration described on several infants — patches of pink surrounded by pale, almost marbled, skin — was diag…
Counter: Dr Shoo Lee, the lead author of that 1989 paper, has publicly stated that the skin signs described at the Letby trial do not match those in …
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Prosecution: Blood samples from two infants — Children F and L — returned results suggesting raised insulin with low C-peptide. Normally insulin and C-pe…
Counter: The Roche Cobas immunoassay used is a screening test. Its own manufacturer's guidance requires confirmation by mass spectrometry before a re…
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Prosecution: A chart shown to the jury plotted 25 suspicious events against the nurses on duty for each. Letby was the only nurse present at all 25. The …
Counter: The 25 events were selected in part because Letby was there. Collapses where she was not on shift were excluded from the chart. Statistician…
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Ongoing 2026
The Criminal Cases Review Commission continues its review of the submitted evidence. If referred, the case could return to the Court of Appeal.
13 May 2026
The HM Coroner relists the inquests into the deaths of six of the babies Letby was convicted of murdering — full hearings originally scheduled for September 2026 will now provisionally begin on 10 May…
Anticipated May 2026
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is anticipated to publish a position statement addressing twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and monochorionic-twin natural-cause mechanisms in…
24 April 2026
The Criminal Cases Review Commission issues a brief interim status update confirming that the Letby application material is under active expert review, that additional material received in early 2026 …
23 April 2026
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health publishes supplementary guidance reinforcing its March 2026 updated guidance on expert evidence in neonatal-death prosecutions. The supplementary guid…
23 April 2026
Cheshire Police confirm one of the three former Countess of Chester senior leadership-team members previously arrested on 30 June 2025 has been re-arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of jus…
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OpenThe Criminal Cases Review Commission is reviewing the submitted evidence (application received 3 February 2025 (evening)). The Thirlwall Inquiry final report is now expected after the summer recess of Parliament. You can help by reading carefully, by sharing primary sources and by following the sensitivity policy.