Pretty much where I’m atI would have been more offended if I hadn't been mentioned.
Pretty much where I’m atI would have been more offended if I hadn't been mentioned.
oh yes!! and Aimee Challenor was a moderatorRemember the whole Maxwell Hill debacle.
I've ignored her too!
@Tofino was it easy to attend court? Did you need to ring ahead beforehand?I agree that next week will still be all babies. I can’t imagine he will have another 5 days after that so maybe you could aim for something towards the end of the week? It’s still really interesting going to see even with it being defence evidence but I would definitely consider going again for cross examination (would be great if I could time it for babies A - F given I’ve seen her defence evidence on that). There were definitely very obvious holes and unanswered questions yesterday.
Hoping those that talk of prosecution cherry picking also recognise it with the defence too.
nope don’t need to ring or anything. There is a public entrance and you go through security check. You are allowed food and drink in your bag but they will ask you to sip your drink. Then you go through a scanner, just like airport really. Then you can just go wait outside courtroom 8 on first floor until they call people in just before 1030. No food and drink in court itself although you can have a bottle of water. (Not sure if that’s typical or just more relaxed being a video link room).@Tofino was it easy to attend court? Did you need to ring ahead beforehand?
If I can get childcare I definitely want to attend as I don't live too far away. But I'm a little bit nervous about the process. So any advice/ tips for attending would be really great. Xxx
Wow thanks. I just feel il always regret not going if I don't, or at least try. I was just abit apprehensive it might be a bit scary to get in. But it seems quite easy.nope don’t need to ring or anything. There is a public entrance and you go through security check. You are allowed food and drink in your bag but they will ask you to sip your drink. Then you go through a scanner, just like airport really. Then you can just go wait outside courtroom 8 on first floor until they call people in just before 1030. No food and drink in court itself although you can have a bottle of water. (Not sure if that’s typical or just more relaxed being a video link room).
Toilets opposite courtroom. Phone use is ok in the areas outside of the courtrooms but not inside.
it doesn’t matter if you can’t get there for 1030 either, people walked in later than that.
You can go outside during breaks you just have to go back through security again when you come in.
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So yes very easy! I was quite nervous before I went but I didn’t need to worry at all.
It’s hard to imagine someone could be so cruel to someone so small isn’t it?I was Googling some of the weeks and sizes of the babies and it’s absolutely shocking that the hospital didn’t raise this sooner (I know some people were trying their best to ) those babies should not of died … babies don’t just collapse and die.
It was my limited understanding of neonatal as I had sadly assumed that all the babies were in little incubators under light needing around the clock care with really thin skin and tiny BUT some were only 6 weeks early …. How does a baby just go into cardiac arrest which is full term and “healthy”
I don’t have babies yet so I think seeing the sizes and weeks mentioned was hard to visualise. A couple were sick but expected to live …![]()
You could be completely correct that this one charge for baby N could get a NG.I listened to a few random episodes of the podcast some weeks ago now when I had a rare hour to myself. Obviously the presenters/journalists are in court so are getting a much more accurate version of what’s being said. I was struck by one particular episode which they mentioned I think Baby N. I think it was in one of their special episodes. They said that it had been established by the prosecution that LL had come on shift and not been anywhere near the baby as she was confirmed to be elsewhere by their witnesses - I think at the desk. It was accepted that she had not been near the baby and yet the baby had collapsed. I don’t recall seeing that reflected anywhere in these threads or the live reporting etc It was right at the start of her shift.
I may have the incorrect baby but that is a very important piece of information clearly. With my legal hat on, listening to that, there is no way that the jury should find her guilty of that charge when the prosecution are saying that she was nowhere near the baby at the time.
Actually broke my heart seeing them and what she has doneIt’s hard to imagine someone could be so cruel to someone so small isn’t it?![]()
could it be that this baby did have a genuine collapse and she saw that and thought she could “have a go” (god that makes me feel sick) later on because of what had already happened to that baby and it would therefore be less suspicious?You could be completely correct that this one charge for baby N could get a NG.
I guess the issue is, Letby was there and the baby went from stable and 90% saturations to extremely quickly at 40% with extreme swelling and fresh blood in his throat? And that similar fresh blood is also seen in the throat of C, G and E . Perhaps this will be one of a few NG charges but when the jury are asked to look at the picture as a whole and wonder how likely it is that baby N who had no issues, who letby had described as having a 50/50 chance antenatally before any real knowledge about how he was doing (he was fine), just developed sudden throat swelling and bleeding that seemed painful. When she was his nurse, she failed to alert anyone or record more fresh blood, this seems very unusual and troubling given his haemophilia and previous problems. She had no excuse for this in PI but I imagine we might get one on the stand.
She goes on to record more blood in her handwriting but initials it as somebody else. Again seems a bit strange and a bit of a coincidence with the other troubling things like failing to tell anyone on shift that a baby with haemophilia was bleeding again.
The doctors trying to intubate child N had never seen anything like the swelling and blood behind his vocal cords. He was screaming on all occasions his throat was swollen and bleeding, which I think would tend to suggest pain stimuli. Especially as the chances of a spontaneous bleed are so incredibly rare and wouldn’t present in this fashion, episodes of bleeding with days in between and screaming. He was about to go home I believe when the most serious incident happened. Would you not expect after such serious issues with swelling and bleeding in the throat causing extreme collapse and distress, if it were a naturally occurring medical problem, that the cause would have been found and he’d have continuous issues in that area? He’s been unaffected since. For me that would be far more important if I was on the jury.
What have I just read. There is a section in there blaming the vaccines as well. Shock. Wow.This is the guy I'm speaking about, btw. He's done weird expert witness work defending child abusers, including that a baby who was killed by blunt force trauma actually just had an infection.
Completely nutso. Unfortunately there's some weirdos with science degrees who like to go and fuel conspiracies with complete pseudoscience.
Anyone who’s around london, the old Bailey is always a good one to visit! Except in national security cases or other exception circumstances all public galleries should be open (or a second room like in this case) so in theory anyone can go and watch!Wow thanks. I just feel il always regret not going if I don't, or at least try. I was just abit apprehensive it might be a bit scary to get in. But it seems quite easy.
Iv never been into a court before and so it all seemed daunting but I think I can manage that!
Thanks again for the advice xxx
I’m in London, thanks for posting this.Anyone who’s around london, the old Bailey is always a good one to visit! Except in national security cases or other exception circumstances all public galleries should be open (or a second room like in this case) so in theory anyone can go and watch!
Before I went I had a look at what else was on at Manchester crown court just in case I couldn’t get into observe Lucy’s trial so at least it wouldn’t be a wasted journey. I found that Manchester now has a new ‘super court room’, where they can hold trials for crimes with multiple defendants. for up to 12 defendants I think. And there is one running at the mo and looks like it’s a drug gang (based on googling previous convictions) although not sure what this trial was specifically about. But I thought that would be really interesting if not quite intimidating!!Anyone who’s around london, the old Bailey is always a good one to visit! Except in national security cases or other exception circumstances all public galleries should be open (or a second room like in this case) so in theory anyone can go and watch!
I have just read up on this now! Wtf!! Is the concensus that it's true? If so it explains a lot and Reddit needs to be burned to the groundRemember the whole Maxwell Hill debacle.