This week Leslie O’Looney looks at the Lucy Letby case and wonders – is she really guilty? It’s really dangerous when people don’t understand mathematics or logic. But you know what’s really, really dangerous? Working in a hospital that is massively under-staffed. How dangerous? Well, you might end up getting charged with murder.
If I mention the name ‘Lucy Letby’ there is a strong possibility that even you, reader, might think that the English nurse who was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to kill six more is worthy of nothing but contempt. And perhaps that’s true, but there is also an ‘appalling vista’ – that she is innocent. And that she is a mere scapegoat for under-staffing and reduced resources in UK healthcare.
That the police were idiots again and messed up? Could that ever happen? If a situation arose whereby a surprisingly large number of babies died in a specific time and without a definable reason, would hospitals authorities explain it as a mathematical anomaly, or would they offer up a lowly staff member as the reason? It’s a relevant question, because of our similarity to the UK – this situation could easily happen here. Letby was convicted without any direct evidence of her having committed the murders. I think that’s worth dwelling on for a few more seconds.
Letby was convicted without any direct evidence of her having committed the murders. Lucy Letby being arrested on suspicion of the murder of seven babies Like m.