Why it matters in the Letby case
Gill — central to the de Berk acquittal — has publicly engaged with the Letby case, arguing the statistical reasoning shows structural similarities.
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Statistical explainer
Lucia de Berk was a Dutch nurse wrongly convicted of multiple homicides on the basis of shift-pattern statistical evidence. She was acquitted in 2010 after sustained methodological critique led by Prof. Richard Gill.
Gill — central to the de Berk acquittal — has publicly engaged with the Letby case, arguing the statistical reasoning shows structural similarities.
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