Lucy Letby has hired a new barrister in a bid to overturn her murder convictions on the grounds of unreliable evidence, reports claim.
Criminal defence specialist Mark McDonald, of Furnival Chambers, has taken over the infamous case and is reportedly in the process of gathering evidence.After two trials and two attempts to appeal, Letby, 34, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others in July of this year following a second trial at Manchester Crown Court.
But now The Guardian has revealed that the head of occupational health and wellbeing at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Kathryn de Beger, encouraged Letby to write the sticky note used as key evidence in the trial.It's reported that the nurse wrote down her thoughts on the sticky note as was way of coping with "extreme stress".It comes as Letby’s GP also reportedly advised her to write down the thoughts she was struggling with.
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