May 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry report delayed to at least September 2026 · six-baby inquests relisted to 2027 · CCRC review active · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.
UK broadsheet coverage in mid-April 2026 surfaces the Daniela Poggiali Italian Supreme Court acquittal (2021) as an international comparator for the Letby case, alongside the established Lucia de Berk (Netherlands, 2010) and the UK precedents (Sally Clark, Angela Cannings, Donna Anthony). The coverage emphasises the methodological-overturn pattern: independent expert review of statistical and biochemical evidence producing acquittal years after initial conviction.
Source: UK broadsheet coverage, mid-April 2026