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April 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry final report due after Easter · CCRC still reviewing 31+ independent expert reports · Shoo Lee Panel (Feb 2025): no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

Lucy Letby Facts
Legal milestone

Benjamin Myers KC delivers defence opening

At Manchester Crown Court, Benjamin Myers KC opens the defence case. The opening sets out, in sequence, the clinical-context frame (a unit under strain), the medical-evidence frame (non-specific findings read as specific), the statistical frame (selection bias in the shift chart), the notes frame (self-blame under stress), and the digital-evidence frame (curated subset without denominator). Each of these themes is substantially reinforced by the post-conviction independent expert evidence that has since accumulated.

Source: Court reporting; defence transcript archive