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Excellent commentary from one of the reporters, Liz Hull, responsible for the Podcast 'The trial of Lucy Letby' ( Mail) Also at the link is a paragraph where the reporter describes being berated by LL's parents but it's too much to quote all of the article
'In my mind, it all hinged on whether Letby would go into the witness box. If she was to have any chance of being cleared, she needed the jury to like her.
But in person, Letby was incapable of showing emotion or humanity. Her demeanour was glacial, her face blank and devoid of expression. When she started giving evidence in her defence, her delivery was so deliberate it bordered on robotic.
I admit, I was thrown by how 'normal' she looked; too ordinary to be a killer, surely.
But once she started speaking, there was no inflection in her voice, no evidence of distress, no imploring us to believe she wasn't a killer. As time went on, I just didn't believe her. If she was a caring nurse, surely she would have shown it?'
On a couple of occasions, I caught her sharing a joke with the prison officers who brought her to court each day, but as soon as she realised journalists, police officers, lawyers — and especially the jury — were filing in, the mask went back on......
Letby listened intently to the witnesses, often passing notes to the young female solicitor on her legal team, and had daily meetings with Mr Myers after court finished for the day, before being whisked back to her cell at HMP New Hall, in Wakefield, an hour down the M62.
@Furore. Manipulating - see bolded? '
'Letby claimed she had developed post-traumatic stress from her arrest, and sat in the dock throughout her trial clutching two blankets — one pink and one lilac.
She also held on to a tiny 'stress' toy for comfort when she gave evidence and — not allowed the support of her legal team while mid-testimony — was granted regular visits with the court's resident mental health nurse, who helped her cope with days of probing, spiky questions from Mr Johnson.'
'In my mind, it all hinged on whether Letby would go into the witness box. If she was to have any chance of being cleared, she needed the jury to like her.
But in person, Letby was incapable of showing emotion or humanity. Her demeanour was glacial, her face blank and devoid of expression. When she started giving evidence in her defence, her delivery was so deliberate it bordered on robotic.
I admit, I was thrown by how 'normal' she looked; too ordinary to be a killer, surely.
But once she started speaking, there was no inflection in her voice, no evidence of distress, no imploring us to believe she wasn't a killer. As time went on, I just didn't believe her. If she was a caring nurse, surely she would have shown it?'
On a couple of occasions, I caught her sharing a joke with the prison officers who brought her to court each day, but as soon as she realised journalists, police officers, lawyers — and especially the jury — were filing in, the mask went back on......
Letby listened intently to the witnesses, often passing notes to the young female solicitor on her legal team, and had daily meetings with Mr Myers after court finished for the day, before being whisked back to her cell at HMP New Hall, in Wakefield, an hour down the M62.
Watching the mother of a boy murdered by Lucy Letby, I wept in court
LIZ HULL: I've been to almost every day of the trial, sitting just a few feet away from the woman accused of some of the worst crimes in modern times.
www.dailymail.co.uk
@Furore. Manipulating - see bolded? '
'Letby claimed she had developed post-traumatic stress from her arrest, and sat in the dock throughout her trial clutching two blankets — one pink and one lilac.
She also held on to a tiny 'stress' toy for comfort when she gave evidence and — not allowed the support of her legal team while mid-testimony — was granted regular visits with the court's resident mental health nurse, who helped her cope with days of probing, spiky questions from Mr Johnson.'
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