Serial killer's Appeal Court bid dismissed
The Herald|October 25, 2024
CHILD serial killer Lucy Letby has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl.
Serial killer's Appeal Court bid dismissed

Letby’s lawyers asked senior judges for approval to appeal against her most recent conviction after being found guilty following a retrial in July of attempting to kill a newborn known as Child K.

Yesterday, lawyers for the former nurse told the Court of Appeal that the attempted murder charge should have been “stayed” as an “abuse of process” due to “overwhelming and irremediable prejudice” caused by media coverage of her first trial, and that the retrial should not have gone ahead.

Her lawyers did not argue that the conviction was unsafe because of the fact that the former nurse maintains her innocence.

Following the hearing in London, three senior judges dismissed Letby’s bid. Lord Justice William Davis, sitting with Lord Justice Jeremy Baker and Mrs Justice McGowan, said at the start of their ruling that they would “refuse permission” for Letby to challenge the conviction.

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