Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Lucy letby

1000 replies

bloomingbonkerz · 08/02/2026 15:58

Do you think she did it ? Watched the documentary and I’m not sure she should have been convicted

OP posts:
Thread gallery
18
Burntt · 08/02/2026 16:05

I think they shouldn’t have found her guilty the evidence wasn’t enough for that to be proven. I don’t know if she’s guilty of murder she could be but our justice system has failed, the case was built to convict her not evidence collected and she found guilty- and that has me concerned

BlueEyedBogWitch · 08/02/2026 16:07

I don’t know if she did it or not, but I think her defence team was terrible and the whole case against her seems very unsound.

Absolutelydonewithit · 08/02/2026 16:09

Same here. I’m not sure that it was a sound conviction. There is something about it all that doesn’t feel right. Those poor parents understandably are convinced of her guilt. I hope justice has been done but I’m not sure it has. Plenty of people who know more than me about the ins and outs of the case are concerned that it isn’t right.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 08/02/2026 16:10

She was convicted on the basis of sketchy circumstantial evidence and not being very likeable or socially popular. The fact the justice system allowed it should concern all of us.

UncannyFanny · 08/02/2026 16:10

I’m not sure what to think but I do have a feeling that her conviction is going to be found to be unsafe. I’m erring more towards a consultant playing god and her just being a useful idiot.

clamshell24 · 08/02/2026 16:11

Never thought she should've been convicted. Trial by mob.

Coffeebadge · 08/02/2026 16:12

Of course she did it.

purpleygrey · 08/02/2026 16:13

I think they suspected her and built their case around proving her guilt, rather than collecting ALL evidence.

i think it’s an incredibly shaky conviction.

ConcernedOfClapham · 08/02/2026 16:14

No, right from the moment she was convicted it seemed to me she had been scapegoated to cover up the failings of (mostly male) superiors in a failing hospital.

MissMoneyFairy · 08/02/2026 16:19

Coffeebadge · 08/02/2026 16:12

Of course she did it.

You have evidence to support that? Apart from the notes, handover sheets that have been discussed here countless of times already. Did you catch her in the act?

MuddyPawsIndoors · 08/02/2026 16:21

BlueEyedBogWitch · 08/02/2026 16:07

I don’t know if she did it or not, but I think her defence team was terrible and the whole case against her seems very unsound.

This is exactly how I feel too after watching it.

InterestedDad37 · 08/02/2026 16:27

She might be guilty, obviously, but it isn't proven beyond all reasonable doubt.
And it's also an example of where a specialist jury would be entirely appropriate, and not just members of the general public.

Ophy83 · 08/02/2026 16:27

I have no idea. But I don't think her conviction is safe.

Tollington · 08/02/2026 16:27

Unsure, she is the only person that knows

She is a lier though. She had over two hundred confidential case files in her parent’s house. She said she brought them home by mistake and wasn’t sure how to dispose of them, she didn’t have a shredder

Clearly she did have a shredder as one was photo’d in the house

ShetlandishMum · 08/02/2026 16:29

I have been convinced from start she is a scapegoat of a lousy NHS. Still am.

MissMoneyFairy · 08/02/2026 16:31

Tollington · 08/02/2026 16:27

Unsure, she is the only person that knows

She is a lier though. She had over two hundred confidential case files in her parent’s house. She said she brought them home by mistake and wasn’t sure how to dispose of them, she didn’t have a shredder

Clearly she did have a shredder as one was photo’d in the house

She didn't have case files at all, they were handover sheets.

x2boys · 08/02/2026 16:32

MissMoneyFairy · 08/02/2026 16:19

You have evidence to support that? Apart from the notes, handover sheets that have been discussed here countless of times already. Did you catch her in the act?

Im on the fence
But most murderers are not caught in the act ,nobody would ever be convicted if that was a stipulation.

Squirrelchops1 · 08/02/2026 16:33

I'm sorry for putting this in a crude way but, i find it odd, that if she was a serial killer that she hadn't 'practised' this before the big run of child murders.

I'd want to review every death or near death on that ward in the preceeding 3 years or however long she was there before the run of deaths that she's accused of, started.

MirrorMirror1247 · 08/02/2026 16:34

I watched the documentary last night. It does appear to me that the case was built on circumstantial evidence. No one saw her do anything. As for her being unable to recall exactly what happened during resuscitation, I don't think that's surprising given the time that had passed between the event and her interview. It also seems very dodgy that no expert witnesses were called in her defence. I don't think it's a safe conviction. It is of course possible that she is guilty, but I don't believe that's been proven beyond reasonable doubt.

VibesCurator · 08/02/2026 16:34

This thread was already opened 487468 times op, but no I don't think she did it. She is a scapegoat for a negligent hospital

Petrine · 08/02/2026 16:35

I don't think she is guilty. I too think she was a scapegoat for a negligent unit.

RandomUsernameHere · 08/02/2026 16:36

Based on what I’ve watched/read (which I appreciate isn’t the full story) I don’t think she’s guilty.

UltimateSloth · 08/02/2026 16:39

Tollington · 08/02/2026 16:27

Unsure, she is the only person that knows

She is a lier though. She had over two hundred confidential case files in her parent’s house. She said she brought them home by mistake and wasn’t sure how to dispose of them, she didn’t have a shredder

Clearly she did have a shredder as one was photo’d in the house

In any case, she could have burned them in the garden. It's what I do with confidential paperwork.

aneelli · 08/02/2026 16:39

I believe she is guilty. It’s only bc she’s white British English that ppl don’t want to believe it now. If she was anything else, the comment here would be so different

TakeALookAtTheseSwatches · 08/02/2026 16:43

No I don't think she did it. If anyone looks in to it properly (including everything that's come out since the trial) and says she's definitely guilty then they haven't done their research properly and are making massive assumptions rather than working with facts.

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is not accepting new messages.
Swipe left for the next trending thread