Dr Ravi Jayaram said he feared not being believed if he made a complaint about Letby after he caught the 34-year-old nurse 'virtually red-handed'.
A consultant has told a public inquiry he 'should have had more courage' and voiced his concerns about Lucy Letby earlier. Senior paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram caught the 34-year-old former nurse 'virtually red-handed' after an incident in a nursery room at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit in February 2016, her trial last year heard.
'It's the fear of not being believed. It's the fear of ridicule. It's the fear of accusations of bullying. 'I should have been braver and should have had more courage because it was not just an isolated thing. There was already a lot of other information.
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