Why it matters in the Letby case
Several murder counts in the Lucy Letby case rest on a prosecution argument that skin-discolouration patterns described on the babies were diagnostic of deliberate intravenous air injection. The prosecution cited Lee & Tanswell (1989) Arch Dis Child as the authority. Dr Shoo Lee, the lead author of that paper, has publicly stated the descriptions on the trial record do not match the criteria in his paper. The Shoo Lee Panel found no objective evidence of air embolism in the cases reviewed.