Main contribution
Published proportional-hazards correction to the shift-chart reading.
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 statistical experts
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, UCL
Published proportional-hazards correction to the shift-chart reading.
Proper proportional-hazards treatment of the shift data does not support the inference offered to the jury.
Cross-reference on the main experts conflict-map page.
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Post-conviction statistical experts.
Mathematical statistics; Lucia de Berk lead
Main contribution: Led the statistical critique that overturned Lucia de Berk's conviction. Public author of the statistical critique of the Letby shift-rota chart since 2023.
Key claim: The shift-rota chart is a textbook example of selection bias (the Texas sharpshooter fallacy).
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Bayesian networks in legal evidence
Main contribution: Sustained Bayesian-network analysis of the Letby evidence. The most detailed publicly available Bayesian critique.
Key claim: Posterior probability of guilt on the trial evidence does not meet the criminal-law threshold.
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Medical statistics (Warwick)
Main contribution: Operational analysis of the Letby shift-rota chart identifying four specific methodological failures.
Key claim: The chart conflates rate and count, uses the wrong denominator, has no null-hypothesis comparison, and pattern-matches against pre-selected events.
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