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.
Conflict-map · Post-conviction medical experts
World-leading expert on confession evidence
Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychology, King's College London. Author of the canonical scholarly work on false confessions; gave evidence in the appeals of the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six, Stefan Kiszko, Judith Ward, Derek Bentley and Sally Clark. Creator of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale.
Interviewed Lucy Letby twice in summer 2025 and produced a report addressing the psychology of the handwritten notes found at her home, applying the established literature on self-blame writing by individuals under sustained institutional accusation.
This page is the conflict-map view (role in the Letby case + position on disputed evidence). For the full biographical reference — background, career, publications and public commentary — read the dedicated biography.
Post-conviction medical experts.
Chair, International Expert Panel (Feb 2025)
Main contribution: Convenor of the 14-member International Expert Panel that reviewed the medical evidence for every indicted count. Lead author of the 1989 air-embolism paper cited by the prosecution.
Key claim: The skin signs described at trial do not match the findings in his own 1989 paper. The Panel found no medical evidence of deliberate harm in any case reviewed.
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Panel member — UK neonatal medicine
Main contribution: Past President RCPCH; UK Panel member. Senior UK neonatologist publicly calling for an urgent review of the convictions.
Key claim: The medical evidence underpinning the convictions warrants urgent independent review.
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Panel member — perinatal medicine
Main contribution: UK Panel member. Patient-safety and just-culture perspective on what a struggling unit under strain looks like.
Key claim: Unit conditions and human-factors context were not adequately reflected in the trial reading of the collapses.
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