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.
Reading list
A curated reading list covering the Letby case — labelled by stance so readers can follow up perspectives they haven’t yet considered.
The New Yorker
By Rachel Aviv
The single most influential international investigation. Interviews independent neonatologists and statisticians and raises detailed doubts about the medical evidence. Geo-blocked in the UK during the Child K retrial.
13 May 2024
Rolling investigative coverage inside Private Eye's M.D. medical column. One of the earliest UK outlets to raise detailed scepticism about the expert evidence.
2023–ongoing
Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption publicly questions the safety of the convictions on statistical and medical grounds.
2025
BBC News
BBC coverage of verdicts, Thirlwall Inquiry hearings, Panel press conference and arrests. Broadly neutral reportage.
2023–ongoing
The Guardian
Trial reporting, Thirlwall Inquiry updates, and opinion pieces from both sides of the safety-of-conviction debate.
2022–ongoing
Columnist Peter Hitchens has argued consistently that the convictions are unsafe, focusing on the statistical and methodological problems.
2023–ongoing
Letter signed by senior barristers and legal academics calling on the CCRC to prioritise the review.
April 2025
Long-form essay reviewing the Panel and statistical criticisms.
2024
Essays examining the expert-evidence concerns.
2024–2025
The Telegraph
Not all mainstream commentary supports a review. Several columnists, and some medical commentators, have argued the convictions are safe and the post-conviction narrative is driven by ideology rather than new facts.
2024–ongoing