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Justice Kathryn Thirlwall announced the requests before hearing closing statements in the inquiry that began in September seeking accountability for staff and management for the harm to babies at Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England.

The inquiry was predicated on Letby’s guilt, and Thirlwall had said she would not review the convictions after an appeals court upheld them. But lawyers for Letby said that if the convictions are overturned, the inquiry might reach the wrong conclusions, and 10 million pounds ($13 million) spent so far will have been a waste of taxpayer funds.

“In short, it will defeat the purpose of a public inquiry, to fully and fearlessly understand the circumstances in which the babies died or became unwell,” attorney Louise Mortimer wrote in a letter to Thirlwall.

Thirlwall is expected to publish a final report in the fall.

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[–] mongo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

You should probably read the myriad articles that have been written about this since it has happened. It looks very much like an attempt to blame systematic failings on an individual to stop anyone higher up having to carry the bag. There is evidence that they used the sign in data wrong showing that she was not on ward when at least one of the babies she is accused of injuring crashed.