Killer nurse: Expert changes mind over three baby deaths

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- TOM PETTIFOR

KILLER nurse Lucy Letby's lawyers are to launch a fresh appeal bid, claiming an expert witness has changed his mind about how three of the babies died and one was accidentally killed by a doctor.

Letby, 34, is serving a whole-life term for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven more. And in a move that will bring more upset for the victims' families, Letby's barrister, Mark McDonald, yesterday said he was launching a new appeal bid.

He said he would argue that lead prosecution expert Dr Dewi Evans had changed his view about the cause of death in the cases of Baby C, Baby I and Baby P.

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Mr McDonald told a press conference: "The defence will argue that Dr Evans is not a reliable expert and all the convictions are not safe.

"I have never known, in 26 years of being a barrister, an expert change their mind a year after the convictions on the cause of death of what they said to the jury.