Lucy Letby victims’ families upset at ‘innocence’ claims

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Lucy Letby victims’ families upset at ‘innocence’ claims

A solicitor representing the families of six victims of Lucy Letby said speculation about the safety of the nurse’s conviction was “upsetting” for all of her clients.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Tamlin Bolton said: “I can’t stress enough how upsetting that has been for all of the families that I represent.”

Letby was jailed for the rest of her life for the ******* of seven ******* and the attempted ******* of seven others at the Countess of Chester hospital.

An inquiry into how Letby was able to commit her ******* is set to begin on Tuesday.

Ms Bolton said the families wanted to “make sure they put their voice across,” but added that they were “restricted by wanting to keep themselves confidential and private”.

“So it’s a really difficult challenge for them to try and avoid social media, avoid the reporting about it.”

Ms Bolton said it was distressing for child relatives of Letby’s victims to see the speculation online.

The solicitor later told BBC Radio 4: “The families are devastated by the reporting at the moment. It is the families that are going through this, continuing to go through this in its enormity and sincerity.

“They are the ones still raising children now, who will have to explain to them one day exactly what happened to them as children or their siblings on that unit.

“If you are going to give an expert opinion on something and hold yourself out as an expert, it’s really important that you have all of the information before you make that declaration or you give that opinion.

“Because anything else outside of that is simply speculation and it would be unfortunate to fall prey to the same trap that you are being critical of when you reference the jury’s decision and the decision of the Court of Appeal.”

Ms Bolton also said said her clients felt there were “still gaps” in their understanding of what happened.

She said: “The duty of candour between the hospital and the parents is one of the key issues of the [Lucy Letby] inquiry: how they were told about what had happened to their children, when they were told and when they should have been informed.

“For a number of the parents, they weren’t even aware that their children had suffered any kind of collapses or incidents on that unit until they were contacted by the police.

“So it’s really important that that’s made clear to them and they can see the full picture, the full story of what happened, particularly given what we’d heard in the press following the ********* trial about the consultants’ efforts to try and raise their concerns about Letby.”

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