Cheshire Constabulary's statement to the Mail on Sunday is remarkable, coming from a police force that put out an HOUR-LONG promotional video about their own investigation.
They claim to be demurring from commenting now because "every story that is published, statement made, or comment posted online that refers to the specific details of a live investigation can impede the course of justice and cause further distress to the families concerned."
Such concerns did not stop them, less than two years ago, from flooding the press with incendiary and prejudicial commentary, going so far as to announce that they'd be reviewing the care of 4,000 babies that Letby may have ever come into contact with.
The lead investigator, Paul Hughes, even sat down with the co-hosts of the Daily Mail podcast for an episode called "Catching the Killer Nurse," where he speculated to no end about the supposedly evil and cunning machinations behind Letby's every move, and concluded that "she clearly does love the attention. I think she's loved the attention of a trial."
The police investigation was as active then as it is today.
Sources:
⦁ Lucy Letby police to review care of 4,000 babies where killer nurse worked: https://t.co/dBdx8KmiLt
⦁ Catching the Killer Nurse: https://t.co/QZ3npRvLwb
⦁ Operation Hummingbird – The Investigation into the Murders and Attempted Murders on a Neonatal Unit: https://t.co/VPGh5wfxzj
@LucyLetbyTrials I'm a bit unclear why this fact - that the police investigation was so seriously flawed - wasn't used by her defence team to discredit the prosecution
@SaraLockwood_x@drphilhammond@Thirlwall_Inq On the contrary it's you who continues to stick to your beliefs in the face of a constant stream of revelations and expert opinion that consistently points to a miscarriage of justice.
@RachelHale9920@ClarkeMicah There's a link in the post that deals in quite a lot of detail with the specifics. Door swipe data etc. When the facts change, you should change your mind
@SallyHa22732881 Understandably, Lady Thirwall’s enquiry proceeds on the assumption that Lucy Letby’s conviction is sound. But this means that the result of her enquiry will be about as much use as plan for air traffic control based on the assumption that the earth is flat.
@GuddleG@sarahknapton Birmingham Six
Andrew Malkinson
Post Office scandal
Miscarriages of justice happen. All too often they only get exposed because of tenacious journalism and public campaigning.
@maisiethetortie@theJeremyVine@ClarkeMicah She was incarcerated for nearly two years before her trial. By all (without exception) accounts she was friendly, helpful and kind before she got stitched up by consultants looking for reasons for babies dying, and unable to countenance that it might be because of their poor care
@LucyLetbyTrials Might be a cultural thing. Freemasons are a real thing in the UK. I don't fully understand this exchange but I wouldn't say it means Breary is a conspiracy theorist
@mcelderrytruth I'm assuming part of the reason is that they get to bash the NHS. You can still be right for the wrong reasons though, as Dan may will be in this instance
@RussellScotland@Overlordmainst1 I think their chances of survival depended on the quality of care. It's apparent that was almost certainly quite poor.
Dear neonatal experts
You have doubtless seen Dewi Evans offer in @Telegraph to enter into email dialogue with any bona fide expert wishing to challenge his evidence in the Letby case. I have 58 pages of email conversations with him and multiple documents outlining his clinical diagnoses which he is happy for me to share with bona fide experts in this area. Please DM me if you would like to see them, detailing your expertise. I am particularly keen to hear from forensic scientists and forensic pathologists, who didn’t appear to have much involvement in the initial trial.