Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby with John Sweeney

This podcast with John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith is a search for the truth as Lucy Letby remains convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016. She is currently serving 15 whole-life orders, making her only the fourth woman in UK history to receive such a sentence. However, there has been renewed questioning of her conviction in recent months. This scrutiny has been fuelled by several factors, including a New Yorker article that raised doubts about the case, concerns from medical and statistical experts about how evidence was presented at trial, and the appointment of a new legal team for Letby. Her new barrister, Mark McDonald, claims that new medical evidence and expert opinion have revealed "flaws" in the prosecution's case. Additionally, 24 neonatal experts and statisticians have called for the Thirlwall Inquiry to be delayed or broadened to examine potential alternative causes for the deaths without presuming criminal intent. Despite these developments, Letby's previous attempts to appeal her conviction have been rejected by judges, and she now plans to take her case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. John and Ed are keenly aware of the grief and anger of the parents of the babies who died or were injured, but justice must be done, and the only way to safeguard sick babies and prevent this from happening again, is to get to the truth of what actually happened. Follow John on Twitter - @johnsweeneyroar / @edwardabelsmith Also on this feed, John Sweeney's brilliant series 'Taking On Putin' The journalist John Sweeney has been on Vladimir Putin's case for 22 years since he first saw evidence of war crimes by the Russian army under Putin's command in Chechnya. John first called Vladimir Putin a war criminal in March 2000. And again and again he's seen evidence of Vladimir Putin killing people, killing people in Russia, killing people in Britain and around the world. Reporting from Kyiv this podcast will answer the question on everyones lips, who could do this to Ukraine, to civilians, to children? Who is Putin? Follow John on Twitter - @johnsweeneyroar