Marcolf
Member
After such a lengthy trial and the sifting of long and detailed evidence (in Court, not in the sensation media or among the strange fans, obvs), I can't imagine what new evidence would be used by these managers to 'prove' there were no murders. Babies died in unprecedented numbers and those deaths were not explicable by any normal factors. That's fact. Lucy Letby was convicted of their murders. Despite what the controversialists like to tell themselves, Letby had an excellent defence barrister.
But, the dreadful and willful incompetence of certain managers has been a hugely important factor in this case and I can't see how any of the actions taken at any stage can be justified, even if these people did not believe murders were taking place.
If you were responsible, especially at a senior level, for the safe treatment of newborns needing medical support, and the death rate of those newborns soared during a short time-period what would you do? Immediately call for help and take all the actions needed until you got to the bottom if it. Regardless of why it might be happening.
If you were told by senior medical staff, in unprecedented communications, that they believed another member of staff might be responsible for the deaths, what would you do? Immediately remove her and call for help and investigation. She might be grossly incompetent and covering up, she might be Typhoid Mary, she might be a psychopath, doesn't matter. You remove her, as your powers and the law allow you to, hand over to the police, tell her mad parents to go home. If it turns out she's not part of it and she makes a claim for compo for stress, so what, you pay compo. You did the right and only thing.
Compare that with what the managers actually did.
Letby is a psychopath so her feelings and responses are completely abnormal. But these people were employed at a senior level to manage, oversee and safeguard. There should be a reckoning.
But, the dreadful and willful incompetence of certain managers has been a hugely important factor in this case and I can't see how any of the actions taken at any stage can be justified, even if these people did not believe murders were taking place.
If you were responsible, especially at a senior level, for the safe treatment of newborns needing medical support, and the death rate of those newborns soared during a short time-period what would you do? Immediately call for help and take all the actions needed until you got to the bottom if it. Regardless of why it might be happening.
If you were told by senior medical staff, in unprecedented communications, that they believed another member of staff might be responsible for the deaths, what would you do? Immediately remove her and call for help and investigation. She might be grossly incompetent and covering up, she might be Typhoid Mary, she might be a psychopath, doesn't matter. You remove her, as your powers and the law allow you to, hand over to the police, tell her mad parents to go home. If it turns out she's not part of it and she makes a claim for compo for stress, so what, you pay compo. You did the right and only thing.
Compare that with what the managers actually did.
Letby is a psychopath so her feelings and responses are completely abnormal. But these people were employed at a senior level to manage, oversee and safeguard. There should be a reckoning.
