Interview with Stephanie Davies On Lucy Letby & More

Stephanie Davies returns for a second interview to discuss new developments including an all-party parliamentary meeting at Westminster and the 19Nurses Manchester event. She provides a detailed account of the Operation Hummingbird timeline in May 2017, demonstrating that police had no genuine intention of conducting a medical investigation before the meeting with Brearey and Jayaram on 15 May — a meeting from which Brearey was not originally invited. Davies argues the investigation was fatally compromised from its first day because Dewi Evans effectively self-selected onto the case after reading a press release, and that the absence of a proper coroner's role in the process meant there was no independent gatekeeping. She is categorical that police are institutionally unsuited to investigating deaths in hospital settings and that the appropriate body for such investigations does not currently exist in England and Wales.

Last updated 2026-07-14

2 min read

Notable extracts

Short verbatim extracts from the video. Each quote is under 80 words and attributed to the speaker. Extracted under fair-dealing for review and news reporting (CDPA 1988 s.30).

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

On the twelfth of May the police are sitting in a room with the hospital executives saying there is no evidence for a criminal investigation. Six days later they are telling the Guardian they have launched one. What changed was one meeting with two consultants.

On the pivotal meeting with Brearey and Jayaram on 15 May 2017

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

Evans saw a press release and said this sounds like my kind of case. He inserted himself. That is not how you select an expert witness in a case involving children's lives.

On Dewi Evans's self-selection onto the case

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

The coroner should have been involved from the start. The coroner's role exists precisely for situations like this — unexpected deaths requiring independent scrutiny. It was bypassed entirely.

On the absence of the coroner from the investigation process

Interview with Stephanie Davies On Lucy Letby & More

Last updated 2026-07-14

2 min read

Notable extracts

Short verbatim extracts from the video. Each quote is under 80 words and attributed to the speaker. Extracted under fair-dealing for review and news reporting (CDPA 1988 s.30).

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

On the twelfth of May the police are sitting in a room with the hospital executives saying there is no evidence for a criminal investigation. Six days later they are telling the Guardian they have launched one. What changed was one meeting with two consultants.

On the pivotal meeting with Brearey and Jayaram on 15 May 2017

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

Evans saw a press release and said this sounds like my kind of case. He inserted himself. That is not how you select an expert witness in a case involving children's lives.

On Dewi Evans's self-selection onto the case

Stephanie Davies (Speaker 1)

The coroner should have been involved from the start. The coroner's role exists precisely for situations like this — unexpected deaths requiring independent scrutiny. It was bypassed entirely.

On the absence of the coroner from the investigation process

Interview with Stephanie Davies On Lucy Letby & More

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Interview with Stephanie Davies On Lucy Letby & More

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