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Author: Michael D. Shear
Published on: 03/04/2025 | 00:00:00

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Insulin Test Used to Convict Lucy Letby in Babies’ Deaths Was Unreliable, Experts Say A new report by neonatal and toxicology experts casts doubt on the validity of the test results that were pivotal to the prosecution’s case. The doctors made their assertions in a new report that Ms. Letby’s lawyer submitted to Britain’s Criminal Cases Review Commission, which is responsible for investigating possible miscarriages of justice. The new report focuses on two babies whose blood sugar levels dropped to low levels. Ms. Letby was convicted of trying to murder the babies by adding insulin to their food. The prosecution argued the insulin must therefore have been administered externally. “If exogenous insulin administration is suspected as the cause of hypoglycemia, please inform the laboratory so that the sample can be referred externally for analysis,” it says. But both babies recovered so their samples were never referred anywhere else. Questions about the accusations of insulin poisoning have been raised publicly by doctors in the months since the trial. Shear Advertisement. Shear advertentment spokesman slams Shear's.

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