Hub · Public-interest ecosystem
Sister sites
The independent public-interest resources on the Letby case are distributed across a number of sites, each with a different strength. This page consolidates the ecosystem so readers can route directly to the site best-suited to their question. Each entry sets out who maintains it, what it covers, and what it is best for.
lucyletbyinnocence.com
Volunteer-run archive maintained since 2023
Content: Comprehensive public archive of primary documents: trial transcripts, police-interview transcripts, defence and prosecution opening and closing speeches, judge's summing-up, sentencing remarks, per-baby case pages, evidence gallery with raw-data tables, Shoo Lee Panel PDFs.
Best for: Primary-source documents. If you need the actual text of a trial transcript or the raw data behind a specific evidential claim, start here.
lucyletby.org
Public-interest project
Content: Analysis-oriented: 'Triplets to Singletons' (Hawkins / Gill on the twins referral anomaly), 'Open letter from a twin mother', 'Why Are We Still So Close to Nowhere' (Hawkins / Gill 2025), the 150-page anonymous Hummingbird whistleblower report hosted as a PDF.
Best for: Structural analysis of the twin-and-multiple referral pattern, and the Hummingbird whistleblower material.
science4justice.nl
Dr Sarrita Adams (independent investigator)
Content: Detailed scientific critique: 'The insulin question' (parts 1 and 2, October 2023 onwards), air-embolism line-by-line comparison with the Lee & Tanswell 1989 paper, sewage-and-infrastructure commentary, viral-outbreak differential work.
Best for: Technical scientific critique of the medical evidence, particularly the insulin-assay architecture.
6monthsinvestigates.com
Long-form investigative project
Content: Sustained investigative journalism on the case; multi-part written series with source citations.
Best for: Long-form investigative narrative, mid-depth between broadsheet coverage and specialist critique.
triedbystats.com
Statistical-critique community
Content: Focused on the statistical architecture of the Crown's case: shift-rota chart critique, Bayesian analysis, base-rate and selection-bias treatment.
Best for: Statistical critique of the shift-rota chart and Bayesian framework.
Mark McDonald KC — post-conviction legal site
Mark McDonald KC, defence counsel leading the CCRC application
Content: Professional site with post-conviction legal context. Material on the CCRC application process, Mr McDonald's public statements and interviews.
Best for: Authoritative defence-counsel perspective on the CCRC application architecture.
Private Eye — M.D. column (Dr Phil Hammond)
Dr Phil Hammond, writing as 'M.D.'
Content: Sustained Private Eye column on the case from late 2023 onwards. First mainstream UK outlet to run sustained conviction-safety coverage.
Best for: Mainstream UK outlet with clinical-medical framing. Column indexed by fortnightly issue; subscribers have full archive.
The New Yorker — Rachel Aviv long-form
Rachel Aviv, staff writer
Content: 13 May 2024 long-form piece: 'Lucy Letby wasn't the first nurse accused of being a serial killer.' First major international long-form critique. Geo-blocked in the UK during the 2024 Child K retrial; now accessible.
Best for: International long-form narrative journalism placing the case in its serial-nurse-prosecution comparative context.
Prof. Norman Fenton — Bayesian blog
Prof. Norman Fenton (Queen Mary University of London)
Content: Sustained Bayesian-network blog series on the probabilistic weaknesses of the Crown's case.
Best for: Technical Bayesian analysis of the statistical architecture.
rexvlucyletby2023.com (archived)
Historical site archive
Content: Archived material from the 2023 trial period.
Best for: Historical reference only. Consult live sites above for current analysis.
Kathleen Folbigg Justice Campaign (archive)
Australian wrongful-conviction campaign (now exonerated)
Content: Reference material for the international wrongful-conviction parallel; private-diary-as-confession precedent.
Best for: Comparative-case research on the private-writings-as-confession pattern.
Why this page exists
Independent analysis of the case is distributed across multiple sites, each with a different editorial position and different technical strengths. A single reader cannot practically follow all of them. This page’s function is to let readers route directly to the resource best-suited to their specific question, without having to build their own index.
On editorial independence
This site is independent of the sites listed above. Inclusion here does not imply endorsement of every claim on the linked site; it reflects that the linked site hosts substantial primary-source material or independent expert commentary relevant to the conviction-safety question. Readers should assess each site’s claims against its own primary sources.