Letby probe criticism

LAWYERS representing families of some of the babies attacked by serial killer Lucy Letby have said a non-statutory public inquiry into her killing spree is "inadequate".

Ministers ordered an independent inquiry after Letby, 33, was convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.

But Slater and Gordon, representing two of the families involved, said a non-statutory inquiry "is not good enough" and needs a "statutory basis to have real teeth." 

"The inquiry announced by the Department of Health is inadequate," said Richard Scorer, head of abuse law and public inquiries, and Yvonne Agnew, head of the firm's Cardiff clinical negligence department, in a joint statement.