The mother of a baby boy, who was a victim of Lucy Letby, has expressed that families of Letby’s 14 victims “already have the truth” regarding events that occurred at a neonatal unit in a hospital.

The mother, who remains anonymous for legal reasons, criticized a recent two-hour press conference which claimed Letby had not murdered any babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, describing it as a “publicity stunt”.

During the press conference, Dr. Shoo Lee stated that his international panel of neonatologists and paediatric specialists found that the deaths or injuries of babies attributed to Letby were due to either inadequate medical care or natural causes. Dr. Lee, who co-authored a significant academic paper on air embolism in babies in 1989, noted that this panel’s work was “not meant to cause more distress” to the families affected.

He remarked: “Rather, it is meant to give them comfort and assurance in knowing the truth about what really happened. We know that they want to know the truth and that is why we are here to tell the truth.”

However, the mother of one of Letby’s victims told the Daily Mail: “Every aspect of what they are doing is so disrespectful, it is very upsetting. They said the parents want to know the truth, but we’ve had the truth. We believe in the British justice system, we believe the jury made the right decision.”

“We already have the truth and this panel of so-called experts don’t speak for us,” she added, criticizing claims that new evidence had been uncovered when it had already been thoroughly examined during the trial.

Mark McDonald, Letby's new barrister, defended the claims made at the press conference, asserting that the defence did not call an expert during the trials, leaving only the prosecution experts’ testimonies. He stated, “So yes, this is fresh evidence, this is new evidence. It’s compelling evidence because of the nature of the people who are giving that evidence and it wasn’t heard by the jury.”

Mr. McDonald dismissed non-medical evidence presented during the trial, including Letby’s handwritten note stating, “I am evil, I did this,” her collection of mementos from her crimes, and her Facebook searches related to her victims' parents. He contended there was a “valid explanation” for each piece of evidence and emphasized that Letby's conviction was predominantly based on medical evidence, which he claims has now been “demolished”.

Currently 35 years old, Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after being convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016 at Manchester Crown Court. Last year, she lost two appeals at the Court of Appeal regarding her convictions for seven murders and seven attempted murders, as well as for the attempted murder of a baby girl.

Mr. McDonald hopes that the new medical evidence provided by the expert panel, which is working pro bono, will prompt a reassessment of Letby’s case by the Court of Appeal. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is currently investigating potential miscarriages of justice in her case, stating it involves a “significant volume of complicated evidence”.

The CCRC has indicated that they cannot currently estimate how long the review of Letby's application will take.