Do you believe she will be found guilty?
Cards on the table - I have not followed the trial at all really, just bits here and there, so it's hard for me to have a true opinion one way or the other.
A few reasons: I just didn't have the time. I don't find serial killers particularly interesting (except Ted Bundy) especially when you'll never know their motive, which I'm 100% convinced will be the case here. And it's all a bit too close to home - I've said before, it's my home town, I was born at that hospital and my mum worked there in maternity care for 35+ years. She doesn't know LL, as she never worked in NICU, but one of her close friends worked with her on occasion.
I said at the start, after hearing the prosecution's opening statement, that I thought she would be found guilty of the majority but not all and I still feel the same. It just appeared to me that a couple of the deaths couldn't be fully explained, just what they 'thought' it could have been and that's not enough for a guilty verdict in my opinion, which also goes for the "well, we're sure she did that one so she must have done them all" theory.
On a side note, I just want to say to everyone who has stuck with it for nine months - well done genuinely. It takes real dedication and I hope that, if you're anything like me, it's because you want to decide for yourself. You want to know every single word that was said (well, as much as possible through live reporting) so you can make your own mind up, you want to be able to discuss the case, confident in the
facts and not be swayed by the media headlines and sound bites.
Hope that doesn't sound too wanky
