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Lucy Letby: have you changed your mind - thread 3

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Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 18:43

New thread for those following or wishing to comment - originally started by @kittybythelighthouse.

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Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 22:38

Oftenaddled · 19/08/2025 21:46

The information about child D and the legal advice and representation is all accurate and online at Thirlwall.

What is more subjective is the idea that the hospital (or consultants, or police) accelerated action against Letby in direct response to this. I don't see how that could be evidenced.

@Typicalwave yes, what @Oftenaddled said. I’m not sure what the source is for that part of the claim. It’s probably dot joining as it did prevent a coronial inquest from taking place.

Oftenaddled · 19/08/2025 22:45

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 22:32

Dewi Evans has been abandoned by pretty much everyone at this point as he’s clearly unhinged. I’m astonished that anyone is arguing that he’s reliable!

I do think the recent Panorama Documentary did one useful thing - they got him to expose himself. These clips of his part in it make fascinating viewing

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Glassmatt · 19/08/2025 22:47

I’ve not changed my mind because I never believed she was guilty. Having watched the recent documentary, I’m
even more secure with that view point.

Unforgettablefire · 19/08/2025 22:55

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 19:42

What evidence leads you to believe guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

The evidence that was presented. The notes, I think it’s more than what the defence say she meant.

Also the video of her being arrested. She looked resigned to me and not in the least bit shocked, as if she was expecting it.
Maybe she is innocent but I don’t think so.

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:01

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 22:30

To address this point about the parents being stalked on social media. That’s a tabloid claim and a prosecution allegation, but it’s not actually true. She made around 2300 total searches during that time. Only 31 were for parents involved with the indictments and not all of the parents were searched. Letby was, like many millennials, a bit of a social media addict and maybe a wee bit nosy. She searched pretty much everyone she met in normal life, people at salsa class, friends of friends etc. In that context looking up some of the parents to see how they’re doing is not really that extraordinary.

She spent many weeks with some of these families. None of them complained about her at the time. One set of parents wanted her to be godmother. You get interested in people. That’s human. Many nurses have said (even in these threads I believe) that they have done similar. It’s human nature. Maybe not advisable, possibly a GDPR breach, but not stalking by anyone’s fair measure.

What about the parents of a baby who she never even looked after? You can't claim she forged a relationship with the parents that time...yet there she was looking them up.

Oftenaddled · 19/08/2025 23:01

Unforgettablefire · 19/08/2025 22:55

The evidence that was presented. The notes, I think it’s more than what the defence say she meant.

Also the video of her being arrested. She looked resigned to me and not in the least bit shocked, as if she was expecting it.
Maybe she is innocent but I don’t think so.

I think she could easily have been expecting the arrest at some level because she had been suspended from nursing duty for two years, the police investigation has been going on for one year, and at least one of the consultants in the hospital she was still working at was sharing information about the investigation with other members of his medical network. So she knew what was going on and would have been pretty scared whether she was guilty or innocent.

Oftenaddled · 19/08/2025 23:01

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:01

What about the parents of a baby who she never even looked after? You can't claim she forged a relationship with the parents that time...yet there she was looking them up.

Who's that, then?

Glassmatt · 19/08/2025 23:02

Unforgettablefire · 19/08/2025 22:55

The evidence that was presented. The notes, I think it’s more than what the defence say she meant.

Also the video of her being arrested. She looked resigned to me and not in the least bit shocked, as if she was expecting it.
Maybe she is innocent but I don’t think so.

The notes whilst they look bad have a reasonable explanation. She went to therapy and that was a way to release emotions by writing stuff down, fears, thoughts, worries etc so it’s not as it seems.

Regarding how she appears upon arrest, she’s been in and out of the police station several times and she knew they were lining the blame on her so it wasn’t out of the blue. She’ll have been in some shock as well because it’s one thing getting questioned but another getting arrested.

It just goes to show how two people can see things very differently

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:05

Unforgettablefire · 19/08/2025 22:55

The evidence that was presented. The notes, I think it’s more than what the defence say she meant.

Also the video of her being arrested. She looked resigned to me and not in the least bit shocked, as if she was expecting it.
Maybe she is innocent but I don’t think so.

She wasn’t shocked. That arrest video was her third arrest. She had been under investigation for a couple of years at that point. She had been removed from the unit already and interviewed by the police several times.

Many people think there was a covert police investigation and then they arrested her out of the blue, but that’s not at all what happened.

placemats · 19/08/2025 23:06

Oftenaddled · 19/08/2025 19:18

Overturning a conviction like this typically takes ten years, at least, says Davis, and every miscarriage of justice I can think of bears this out - he mentions the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four, Andrew Malkinson, the postmasters ...

It's just awful. No lessons learnt.

Listened to This Morning Radio 4 about a mum who had a stillbirth and all her concerns were ignored. Incredibly heartbreaking.

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:08

I specified the indictment families. The anecdote you’re talking about, which didn’t appear at Thirlwall or in the trial, is not from any of the indictment parents.

Also, it is not my “claim” that she forged relationships with the parents at the time. That’s based on their own words as evidence at the trial and Thirlwall. As my comment illustrated, her looking them up was not sinister to begin with.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lucy-letby-killer-nurse-godmother-b2400484.html

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:09

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:05

She wasn’t shocked. That arrest video was her third arrest. She had been under investigation for a couple of years at that point. She had been removed from the unit already and interviewed by the police several times.

Many people think there was a covert police investigation and then they arrested her out of the blue, but that’s not at all what happened.

If it’s yhd on in July 2018 I think she looks broken.

So many different things people read into expressions.

I think a lot of people forget we all see the world through our own lenses and it makes us pretty unreliable mind readers

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Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:10

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:01

What about the parents of a baby who she never even looked after? You can't claim she forged a relationship with the parents that time...yet there she was looking them up.

Source, please? You’re a repeat offender for this - making a claim and not backing it up with any source material

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Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:12

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:09

If it’s yhd on in July 2018 I think she looks broken.

So many different things people read into expressions.

I think a lot of people forget we all see the world through our own lenses and it makes us pretty unreliable mind readers

I think she looks harrowed, yes. But not shocked because it isn’t a brand new thing. She knew she was being investigated.

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:13

Unforgettablefire · 19/08/2025 22:55

The evidence that was presented. The notes, I think it’s more than what the defence say she meant.

Also the video of her being arrested. She looked resigned to me and not in the least bit shocked, as if she was expecting it.
Maybe she is innocent but I don’t think so.

All of the evidence?

The notes where she said all sorts of contradictory things including she’d done nothing wrong?

A 10 second clip of a fairly unremarkable facial expression informed you of her guilt?

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Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:13

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 22:36

You haven’t presented anything - that I’ve seen - showing what you claimed: that LL refused to agree to the installation of CCTV in the unit, so I’m a bit confused as to what you’re referring to.

Why would I lie lol. I'll hopefully have something about it by tomorrow-if not I'll concede I misunderstood/misremembered. I never said she refused to agree to it-how could she anyway she was just a nurse! We know she had management wrapped around her finger and her dad threatening them but still...

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:14

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:01

What about the parents of a baby who she never even looked after? You can't claim she forged a relationship with the parents that time...yet there she was looking them up.

Hold on, who are you talking about here? Which parents of a “baby she never looked after” are you referring to?

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:16

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:10

Source, please? You’re a repeat offender for this - making a claim and not backing it up with any source material

That's because I expect the self-proclaimed experts on here to already know all this. I'll have a dig for that as well-people expect instant results on here when there's mountains of articles to wade through!

Typicalwave · 19/08/2025 23:17

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:16

That's because I expect the self-proclaimed experts on here to already know all this. I'll have a dig for that as well-people expect instant results on here when there's mountains of articles to wade through!

But you’re a self proclaimed expert - you were here when it was all fields, way before the NYT article. And I may be wrong, but I cannot recall you ever coming back with evidence after you’ve made a claim.

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Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:19

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:13

Why would I lie lol. I'll hopefully have something about it by tomorrow-if not I'll concede I misunderstood/misremembered. I never said she refused to agree to it-how could she anyway she was just a nurse! We know she had management wrapped around her finger and her dad threatening them but still...

I didn’t accuse you of lying, Firefly! I said you hadn’t produced evidence that she got in the way of CCTV being installed - I’ll dig out your actual comment if you want the exact wording. I don’t believe you’ll be able to produce that evidence. Not because you’re lying, but because you’re misremembering. I don’t jump to assuming malicious intent for anybody, you included. Therefore it’s a bit premature to be dancing on my grave over something that didn’t happen 😅

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:19

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:14

Hold on, who are you talking about here? Which parents of a “baby she never looked after” are you referring to?

It could be the one with the unusual name-does that ring a bell with you? Until I can find a source I'm going by memory.

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:20

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:16

That's because I expect the self-proclaimed experts on here to already know all this. I'll have a dig for that as well-people expect instant results on here when there's mountains of articles to wade through!

Who has proclaimed themselves to be an expert? Also, why are you being so abrasive? Let’s all try to be civil.

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:22

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:19

I didn’t accuse you of lying, Firefly! I said you hadn’t produced evidence that she got in the way of CCTV being installed - I’ll dig out your actual comment if you want the exact wording. I don’t believe you’ll be able to produce that evidence. Not because you’re lying, but because you’re misremembering. I don’t jump to assuming malicious intent for anybody, you included. Therefore it’s a bit premature to be dancing on my grave over something that didn’t happen 😅

OK good just checking lol. It was more she wasn't happy about the idea but again just going from memory there until I can find it. I'm sure her reaction is probably all open to interpretation anyway. It was an interesting point I thought though-that CCTV WAS actually considered at one point.

3678194b · 19/08/2025 23:22

I've changed my mind yes.

At first I thought she was innocent. Now I know she's guilty.

An evil serial killer. Murderer. I have sympathies for the families of those murdered. I can't believe the lack of compassion for the parents by some, trying to justify it by saying 'the parents would rather know the truth'. Well they know the truth.

Kittybythelighthouse · 19/08/2025 23:24

Firefly1987 · 19/08/2025 23:19

It could be the one with the unusual name-does that ring a bell with you? Until I can find a source I'm going by memory.

Do you mean the family she looked up on Christmas Day? She had looked after one of their children, not the indictment sibling. She was looking them up in the context of that baby, who she had looked after.

Also, she was on shift that Christmas Day. Not tucked up under the Christmas tree opening pressies with her parents. Lots of people don’t realise that.

Lucy Letby: have you changed your mind - thread 3