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.
Letby was convicted on two counts of attempted murder of Child G, whom the Crown alleged she had over-fed with excessive milk via nasogastric tube, causing aspiration and collapse.
The Panel found no evidence that Child G had been injected with air or over-fed. Its conclusion is infection — possibly enterovirus. The radiology relied on at trial does not assist the Crown either: every X-ray showing gaseous distension was taken after Child G had been given bag-and-mask ventilation, which itself pushes air into the stomach. Child G was also born at approximately 23 weeks, at the absolute edge of viability, where severe deterioration and severe long-term disability are common consequences of the prematurity itself rather than of any act.
The Panel found no evidence of air injection and no evidence of over-feeding in Child G. Its finding is infection — possibly enterovirus — and every gaseous-distension X-ray relied on was taken after bag-and-mask ventilation.
Feed volumes were described as excessive and deliberate. The long-term disability of Child G was presented as the consequence of those feeds.
The Panel's finding for Child G is infection, possibly enterovirus. It found no evidence of air injection and no evidence of overfeeding, and it noted that the X-rays showing gaseous distension were all taken after bag-and-mask ventilation had been given.