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"The babies were stable beforehand, showing no signs of illness, and then underwent a sudden and catastrophic collapse. " Dr Sandi Bohin on today's Panorama Here are some quotes in full. Dr Sandi Bohin "The babies were stable beforehand, showing no signs of illness, and then underwent a sudden and catastrophic collapse, and that's vanishingly rare in the neonatal world. You just virtually never see it. So having crossed off all the likely things, you then have to look at unlikely and rare and unthinkable things like air embolus. I kept looking for alternative causes. And so, you know, I kept going back. What else could it be? What else could it be? But I eventually came to a conclusion, no. This- this, it must be this. It must be air. " .. "Babies don't suddenly collapse, go from being well to collapse with infection. You get a slow decline or you get some warning signs before the baby might eventually collapse. " .. "For me, it was more than a theory because it fitted with how other people have seen babies with air embolus behave. " .. "Well, I didn't put her in jail. The jury did. My opinion was that she caused the death of those babies. And I stand by what I said under oath." Dr Dewi Evans: "I went through them all and I thought, oh my word. There is something highly suspicious here. These babies should not have died. " .. The evidence that led to Lucy Letby being found guilty was very compelling, very consistent. Babies who were stable and in her sole care collapsed and died, and they shouldn't have collapsed, let alone died. .. What we had on a number of occasions was a stable baby who suddenly became unstable, crashed, failed to respond to resuscitation, and died. And where there was compelling evidence of air embolus backed up by x rays, skin changes. [Interviewer: "What would you say directly to skeptics who are arguing that air embolism is an unproven hypothesis?"] "Well, I disagree with them. I disagree with them. Babies don't suddenly drop dead. " .. "What is it about certain people that they are taking the side of a murderer? I think the evidence is overwhelming. I've no doubt at all that she was responsible for the deaths of these babies. " Dr Michael Hall, expert witness for the defence Interviewer: When you found out you weren't going to be called as a witness, how did you respond? Hall: Well, I was both surprised and concerned because I didn't think the jury had heard the whole truth. Personally, I don't think she had a fair trial. Interviewer: Even though the decision not to call you came from the defence team? Hall: Yes. Interviewer: Presumably, it was Lucy Letby's decision ultimately not to call you. Hall: You're right. The- the final decision is made by Lucy Letby. Interviewer: Does the prosecution science stack up for you? Hall: There's elements which don't. There were significant areas, a fairly broad range of areas where I came to different conclusions to, to theirs. Interviewer: Are you telling me it's your belief that that an innocent woman has gone to jail? Hall: No. It's not my belief, but it is possible that an innocent woman has gone to jail. Interviewer: How do you feel about that? Hall: Well, it does keep me awake at night. .. " Phrases such as the baby was really, really well were given by the prosecution expert witnesses on several occasions for several of the babies. And it was my view, it is my view, that they weren't really, really well. They had signs of significant illness. " .. "I don't think that because you can't explain something means that Lucy Letby was guilty of assaulting those babies." Dr Tariq Ali, Former Consultant and Head of Paediatric Care "I've seen the anguish and pain the families and parents go through when their children pass away, and this has been a, like, a massive personal dilemma for me. I'm one of those experts that's expressing the doubts, but I do feel this is a matter of conscience." .. "When a baby collapses unexpectedly, you have a list of, differential diagnoses, and you- on top of that list is the most likely thing. It could be infection. And so air embolism may be amongst your list. You- but it'd be right down at the bottom. You can't exclude air embolism as the cause of death because it could cause death, but it wouldn't be one of your likely diagnosis given the circumstances. And you certainly couldn't say it is air embolism years after the event, I- I would think that's impossible. " .. "I worry that there is reasonable doubt. In fact, in some of the cases, a lot of doubt, and I - I'm really confused about how they can be so sure. " #LucyLetby