• Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby with John Sweeney

  • By: John Sweeney
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Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby with John Sweeney

By: John Sweeney
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  • Lucy Letby is Britain’s worst female serial killer in modern times. Or is she? Join John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith as they reassess the safety of Letby's convictions. On the day she was first convicted, veteran journalist John Sweeney tweeted: “Lucy Letby may well be the victim of a miscarriage of justice, that the Crown has taken a cluster of accidental and natural deaths and pointed the finger at Letby. There is no compelling evidence of a single murder. The law, sometimes, gets it wrong. Follow John on Twitter - @johnsweeneyroar / @edwardabelsmith Please support this independent journalism on our Crowdfunder page - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lucy-letby-was-there-ever-a-crime
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  • Bonus: Dr. Dewi Evans full interview
    Feb 4 2025

    Today, on February 4th, 2025, we have heard the first complete report by the international panel of medical experts gathered by Lucy Letby's legal team under the guidence of Dr. Shoo Lee. The report summary was presented in London at a press conference hosted by Sir David Davis, the senior Conservative party MP who has raised questions about the case and declared his certainty that this is a miscarriage of justice.

    The 14 member panel which includes world renowned experts in neonatology and pediatric medicine was established to asses the case notes of the 17 babies that formed Lucy Letby's two trials. Their conclusion and summary of the medical evidence is crystal clear, they can find no evidence of murder or attempted murder. Dr. Lee and the panel can however find countless examples across the case files of failures in medical care and, chronically sick babies collapsing and dying of natural causes. The experts conclusions stand in stark contrast to Dr. Evans' evidence for the prosecution.

    In light of this report we felt it was important to hear Dr. Dewi Evan’s interview with John and Ed in full.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 7: Unreliable Witness?
    Dec 20 2024

    Unreliable Witness? As questions rise about the credibility of the Crown’s star expert witness, Dr Dewi Evans, in this episode co-hosts John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith go back in time to a 34-year-old scandal when a boy suffering a treatable disease died wholly unnecessarily in his hospital. The evidence pointed to GPs being negligent and forging medical notes. Dr Evans stands accused of taking part in a cover-up. If so, Dr Evans may be a key player in not one terrible miscarriage of justice, but two.

    This is a wholly independent produced podcast. We are crowd funding for the legal costs, if you wish to contribute please visit our crowdfunder page here.

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    43 mins
  • Episode 6: The Framing of Lucy Letby
    Dec 5 2024

    This is Episond 6: The framing of Lucy Letby, the last episode in our series.

    In this episode hosts John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith tell the story of how neonatal consultant Dr B accidentally killed a baby at the Countess of Chester Hospital and how the jury never knew. Former NHS doctor Phil Hammond then sets out why he believes that a horrible hospital is a far better explanation for the tragic loss of babies than a serial killer nurse.

    This podcast was independently funded and although nobody was paid to create or participate in the podcast, there are legal and other costs that we are crowdfunding to cover - if you want to support that please visit our Crowdfunder page.

    Although this is the final episode in the series - we will be doing a bonus rounding up the case so far, also, if there are major updates we will consider recording an update. Also, if you have information we are here to listen. There are many people connected to the Countess of Chester hospital with information about the events that led to Lucy Letby being prosecuted, if you are or you know of anyone who has not spoken out please email us in complete confidence - lucyletbywasthereeveracrime@gmail.com

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    53 mins

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Brilliant

John Sweeney is simply brilliant - but it should have to be, if only people had listened to him and others warning for years.

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An excellent listen

Just couldn't make this up... Some of the moments in this podcast are insane.

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What if the jury got it wrong?

This brilliant, logical analysis is certainly worth listening to. It sheds light on how misleading the prosecution’s narrative was- Since listening to this podcast I am unable to read or listen to the evidence wrong.

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