Role in the post-conviction critique
Dr Dimitrova co-filed (with Roger Norwich) a formal complaint to the General Medical Council regarding the prosecution expert evidence of Dr Dewi Evans in the Letby trial. The complaint argued that the trial expert evidence did not meet professional standards required of expert witnesses under the Criminal Procedure Rules.
In an interview with The Guardian she stated that, in her professional judgement, “the theories proposed in court were not plausible and the prosecution was full of medical inaccuracies”. She has been careful to add that she cannot herself assert Lucy Letby’s innocence; she sees “no proof of guilt” on the trial medical evidence.
Why this biography is on the site
The GMC complaint and Dr Dimitrova’s public statements are part of the documentary record on which the CCRC review draws. Her position is materially relevant to the expert-evidence-methodology grounds in the post-conviction submissions.
Read alongside
- Roger Norwich — biography (co-complainant)
- Dr Dewi Evans — biography
- Analysis: Dewi Evans mechanism dispute
- Evidence: Hindmarsh GMC non-disclosure
- Analysis: forensic-pathology standard
Source
The Guardian (post-conviction interview); Wikipedia “Lucy Letby” post-conviction coverage; podcast interview “Is Lucy Letby Innocent? Dr Svilena Dimitrova Explains the Evidence” (2025).