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Windowtothewall

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But are the air in the stomach and the blotchiness necessarily linked? Or could one have occurred independently of the other?
The experts Dr Dewey and Bohin both said the blotchiness it could only happen if air was administered, and obviously that means air has entered the abdomen.

The defence haven't presented any alternate theories as to what else could have caused the blotchiness - so far anyway.
 
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avabella

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I do wonder if there's any mileage in the adult nurse not being named because she potentially also has a case to answer and it would jeopardise a fair trial for her at some later date.
 
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Hannah_204

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Do you think so many people would be on the fence if it was a creepy looking man instead of Lucy?
I keep trying to imagine it’s someone else because I think it’s making me a bit bias unconsciously she just seams like your goofy old friend from uni.
 
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avabella

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So has it been clarified if the other deaths were ones where she was on shift for? As that would change the landscape hugely.


Also just wanted to add re: medical differences. Those old enough to remember the Louise Woodward case will remember the medical expert absolutely testifying very strongly that the baby had died due to shaking. He was absolute in this theory and he was a massive part of the conviction. He later went on record to say that he shouldn't have given such a strong testimony and that based on his new knowledge he couldn't reasonably convict her. I know it's not the same before anyone jumps at me, but perhaps an element of confirmation bias in play.
 
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MmmB777

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The way I've read it is that the defence are claiming the long line may have caused an air embolism, which is a rare complication and would look the same as an intentional administration. So in the defences argument it doesn't matter that the long line is common and they've never seen it, as its a very rare complication.
I don’t think it would look the same. I think that’s exactly what the radiologist said today, that it can happen from a line but this is unlike anything he’s seen before and such an amount and the placement means it’s highly likely ‘air administered’ as in purposeful because of the amount and force. If this could happen from accidental air embolism in a line, I would expect people to have seen it many times before and it would be more common in general, not for it to be highly unusual. I think his point today was it was extremely rare for neonates to ever die from air embolism full stop. I guess I’d conclude that with so many babies having lines like this, you would think although everyone is obvs trying to minimise the risk of it happening all the time- it would surely happen more often and look the same way as the two babies he’s seen it in on this case but he hasn’t, only these two 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t know if I’m the only one figuring it like that though! Maybe somebody cleverer can think on that ha x
 
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candyland_

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Just an ‘out there’ thought.

She was arrested multiple times, interviewed. She knew what was being alleged.

In that position, if I was guilty, I think I can say with some amount of certainty that I’d kill myself. If you’re guilty, you know they’ll find evidence and you’ll be the most hated person in a prison.

If you’re innocent, and you have some ‘faith’ in the justice system, you might just stick around to try and clear your name.
I think she was confident that she wouldn’t be found guilty because of the different methods used.
 
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Emmelina Ball

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I mean the thread. It's not like people's posts are going to be used in court is it, its a place to discuss it surely. And yes people policing others posts or making sarcy pointless comments is taking it a bit seriously. No one has posted anything ridiculous or poking fun at things have they.
Exactly. This is a gossip forum at the end of the day😬
 
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veevee04

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I was told day one training that if you don't document it never happened. If they were so concerned they would surely take a picture and get a second opinion. We do that all the time where I work ,they were a registrar as well not a consultant so can call upon more senior colleagues. Very weird
 
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avabella

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Can I ask, why does what Lucy didn’t do mean she is somehow more likely to be innocent for the things she is alleged to have done? The point of the investigation into the charges she is up for is that they are unexplained and have evidence of foul play. I’m not sure why explained events that don’t show foul play or her lack of presence mean she wasn’t capable of the things she’s accused of 🤷🏻‍♀️ Whether there was an explained death, or a death whilst BA wasn’t at Grantham hospital didn’t mean she wasn’t guilty of what she did do and I’m not sure why it would here either. It’s proven LL is there for all of these unexplained events where there is evidence of foul play.
Because the prosecution are hanging onto this 'she was present at every single case' argument and so I'd be interested to know the full landscape of the collapses/deaths. If there were 10 collapses and deaths in a month and she was present at them all, sure that looks suspicious. If there were 30 collapses/deaths in a month and she was present/on shift for 10, that changes things dramatically. We only know what the prosecution have given us so far, and they've been (as is their job) selective with the info.
 
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jackolantern

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Absolutely I’d be happy for my history to be searched. Babies died. I would do anything in my power to help those families get answers weather that may be a guilty verdict or answers in another way from the hospital trust. I would do anything of course I would, who wouldn’t?
I wasn't really referring to this case, it's just not a good precedent to set that if you are a witness, you also are free game for you personal life to be exposed and scrutinised. In this case yes it's good you'd volunteer, but it should be choice not an expectation or you are also being treated like a criminal on trial. There is a reason these things can only happen when charged. They also would never have the time or resources.
 
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Emmelina Ball

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That wasn’t her first day shift. I think she was supposed to be only working days from before April I need to find where I read the around about month. But the prosecution are careful to say ‘supposed’ so I take that as in the hospital intended it to be that way be she sometime covered nights when short staffed.
That’s deeply concerning if true. Regardless of if she’s guilty or not guilty, that hospital believed she should be moved to days because they feared she was somewhat to blame for infant deaths and collapses and not only did they move her to day shift, let her supervise a student nurse, but they also allowed her to cover nights when short staffed?!? Shocking.
 
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friedeggontoast

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It's not as simple as you go ohh I made a mistake and just quit Healthcare is very dog eat dog, some staff do throw others under the bus. I've had that but there was CCTV to prove I didn't do anything wrong. An accusation means you can end up suspended under investigation by the GMC and NMC. Stuck in limbo as these cases can take years. You can be struck off and face criminal charges there are reasons why staff would want to cover up their mistakes.

I dont know about the scapegoat theory I'm not sure I buy it. LL does fit the profile though odd ball with no life outside of work
I’m not saying people aren’t thrown under the bus within the NHS/ any work place. I’m not saying that’s unbelievable, I just think it is very hard to believe with such a huge allegation.

They’re not saying she was negligent at her job, they’re not accusing her of being a bad nurse, they’re saying she is a serial killer who deliberately killed babies.

I find it hard to believe the NHS would rather be known as having a serial killer in their ranks than admit they were sub par.

(Disclaimer this is my personal opinion)
 
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MmmB777

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I know a couple of reports have been posted and sorry if this has but adding this for anyone whose not seen it... here is the RCPCH final report Nov 2016. Talks about the internal investigation etc

Wow. Although I can’t pretend I understand it all, it definitely makes for very interesting reading.
Hello, new here. I’ve been following this for some time. I’m currently on the fence and waiting to here what evidence comes out. Although initially, before the trial started, I was veering towards guilty due to the amount of time they’ve spent investigating and the fact CPS allowed charges.
So far with baby A, I have my doubts. Just been thinking about the air embolism, after reading up a little bit on them. I read an article which talked about management of air embolism, apparently they are not always immediately fatal. The article talked about positioning of the patient to prevent the air from moving to high risk places as an early management strategy. (Bubbles move to the highest point, picture a spirit level).
Wondering if it’s possible that during the 3 attempts to place the UVC, air could have been introduced accidentally (known risk of UVC placement). Could the air embolism kind of sat somewhere where it wasn’t causing huge issues until Lucy connected the fluids? At that point, with the fluids pushing the air “bubble” it could have moved, (possibly crossed the foremen ovale into the left side of the heart) then caused havoc.
hello! With respect and if it’s ok to answer your question.. do we think we on Google are going to find out more about air embolism than these medical experts? I would think more than likely not. I think they will have probably looked into these scenarios and options already before they’ve concluded that it’s been administered. I’m not policing people on speculating that way, it’s just my honest answer to that question. We’ll definitely hear more about why they feel that way. I am sure the defence will continue to push that kind of idea, maybe their expert will offer something like that (although I think they’re pushing that it was cpr and after PM air) but they’re going to have to do that lots of times when findings are similar. So lots of bizarre and rare accidents, bad luck, coincidence the unexplained and unexpected things happen after LL interventions, whole unit negligence AND evidence that it’s administered is wrong AND two other babies poisoned which means a different murderer or 2. I am aware people might think I’m being obnoxious listing it like that but genuinely I feel that’s what it looks like and I feel it’s going to get harder and harder to explain. Thanks x
 
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IGiveUp22

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Confirmation bias, definitely. To me, the numbers changing constantly and the multiple arrests etc just sound so 'unorganised' and frantic. I know people will jump on me now and say 'oh it's totally normal', but I can't recall many other cases where someone has been arrested 3+ times, released, let back to work, suspended, etc etc.
It happens all the time, just 9/10 you’re not aware of it as it’s not reported. I get it might appear “unorganised” but I don’t really know what you want to have happened? They have all concrete evidence before an arrest? That doesn’t happen unfortunately. As I have mentioned before, she was arrested further times to allow her to be questioned under caution of the further charges that came to light as they did their investigation. She HAS to be given an opportunity to answer the charges & any evidence. They’ve done everything right here police procedure wise
 
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jackolantern

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Surely even if its ascertained that the babies were deliberately harmed they'd still have to provide evidence that it was LL who did it? Medical experts explaining the former doesn't really prove that she did it, and it doesn't seem like there's anything beyond yeah think she was there yet. Still many months to go...
Who else would it be? Noone else was there for all of them like she was, that's part of why she's here in the first place. Unless we are adding a conspiracy to murder babies and frame her? That seems very elaborate.
 
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Haveyouanywool

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So we now have the doctor and the nurse (who was shift leader, does that make her senior?) saying about the skin discolouration. That makes the absence of his notes on it less of an issue.

I’m really on the fence about the presence of other people in the room. It’s hard to believe someone could be so bold but at the same time, if someone is in the mindset of wanting to harm babies then who knows what they are capable of and how much of a risk they are prepared to take. We know at the point he started to collapse she was on her own at the incubator because the handover nurse was at the computer.

I’m presuming it’s possible she had her back to people or they had their backs to her, or engrossed in other things. I’m surprised none of that has been questioned (or covered in reporting) although I appreciate it would be hard to remember. I have no idea how noticeable it would be to administer the air even if people were nearby, if that’s what she did at that point of time.
Nurse Bennion was described as a Senior Neonatal Practitioner. It’s unclear but I think that might mean she’s a Nurse Practitioner. If so it’s a big step up from a Staff Nurse as she would be very experienced and have additional training in diagnosis and would probably be able to prescribe a limited number of drugs. If this is the case she’s a very experienced and knowledgeable lady.
Usually the senior nurse on duty would be in charge but this is not always the case. Sometimes, for example, more junior staff will be in charge, under supervision, so they gain experience.
 
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SamPam

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"He said such a finding is not found in cases of 'natual causes' death in babies."
"or "very occasionally" outside of hospital in 'sudden unexpected death in infants'."

This is confusing me, could be the reporting though.
 
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Tofino

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This is the only place I can find any updates. It’s proceeding as usual so I don’t think Mark Dowling is there as we’ve not heard anything from him. I think we will get limited updates today.



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Milktray

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I don't think we can rule out that at the very least some professionals in this case will be looking to cover their own arses and if that means throwing the cooky, overly invested nurse to the wolves, so be it.
I absolutely believe this...I still struggle with the sheer number. There's hospital failings and there's failings. This is absolutely colossal and that is why I think its malicious but I certainly believe some of the staff will cover their own backs.

That's not to say that I think bad of them, it must be a dreadful situation to be put in, but I do think confirmation bias.

The defence is already going down the route of, there's just no grounds to convict. There's no direct evidence and it is all circumstantial. Circumstantial evidence must be strong enough to convict and weak enough to acquit.

The prosecution needs to be careful that it doesn't fall into a 'dangerous' data trap and even if they can prove unnatural deaths, they need to prove that LL was the person who caused this.

Its incredibly complex, especially when nothing was done for so long and this ultimately is in 'hindsight'.

I think LL is guilty based on her constant presence, but I know that doesn't cut it in a court of law.
 
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Agreed. We don’t know at this point, probably due to how vague the reporting is what he raised or even massively why just that he obviously had concerns about Letby’s involvement. Just that he did. I can think that he really should have pushed it (he obviously knows this) and feel incredibly sorry for him at the same time.
Yeah can we not lay the blame at his feet. He seems to be getting more rage than her herself and I don't think that's fair.
We also don't know what he did further down the line, just what he did in relation to this incident so I don't think it's fair to demonise him just yet.
I appreciate others will disagree but I would rather keep any rage and anger for the person deliberately hurting and killing babies. Not someone who actually spoke up but not enough.
 
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