Thinking she’s innocent and finding it difficult to believe are very different things.A WS-er, think it was @Blondiexoxo made an astute comment a few days ago. wtte of once the Netflix/TV documentaries are out and all the evidence that they didn't watch is out, they'll soon stop believing in her innocence.
I agree, doubt any of the LL supporters will speak to the Mail or press and it's why we don't have a direct quote attributed to sources with name withheld to the Mail, instead we have a quote to the Times.
However I'm not in least surprised that she still has supporters among her closest friends at Countess - this happened post Shipman trial. It split a community. Takes time for people to open their eyes and accept they were wrong.
quote from Times reporter which the Mail has copied
There are still a small number of people on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester who think she is innocent,' a source told The Times.
'They are finding it difficult to believe she could have done it, because for so long they were fed the narrative that Letby was being blamed by consultants who were making excuses for their own mistakes.'
I find it quite difficult to equate the photos to the actions described in court and I don’t even know her. I also think it can be difficult to form your own opinion on cases if you’ve not in depth followed them. For example when I watch a true crime documentary about a past crime, I don’t ever really consider IF the person was guilty, I accept that they were convicted and are therefore guilty. The stories are told in a way that frames the convict as guilty “he did this and then he did this” opposed to “we believed he did this”.
If you look at Lucy at face value. You can accept she has been convicted and therefore is guilty. It might be harder to form your own opinion based off the evidence in court.
Also, even serial killers have friends I suppose. I don’t know that I see the two? People plus her parents that are sticking by her convinced of her innocence as anything unusual.