CCRC chair Dame Vera Baird publicly confirms the review is underway

Dame Vera Baird KC, Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, issues a public statement addressing the Letby application. She confirms: a preliminary application was received in early February 2025; additional material has been received throughout the intervening year; the review is underway. She notes the CCRC 'does not make decisions on the basis of external pressure from anyone' — an explicit statement of the statutory-independence principle. This is the first formal UK-institutional public acknowledgement of the review.