10:29am
The trial is due to resume at 10.30am.
Benjamin Myers KC, for Letby's defence, will continue giving the closing speech for a fourth day. He has previously told the jury his speech will last five days.
10:32am
The trial judge, Mr Justice James Goss, says to accommodate timetabling issues, the court will be sitting until 3pm today. To make up for lost time, the lunch break will be shorter than usual, and the court will begin at 10am on Friday.
10:33am
Mr Myers refers to the case of Child J, and outlines the events which happened to the baby girl in November 2015, and what is alleged.
10:37am
He says Child J's mother is "a fairly neutral witness on this topic". He says she said she drew comparisons betwen the care at Alder Hey Children's Hospital and the Countess of Chester Hospital, and the latter was 'not favourable'. She says the staff at the Countess relied on them to sort stoma care. She says they were left to "feel unwelcome", and asked about that, she said she felt their concerns "were not treated seriously". She says the staff there "did not have the same confidence and ability" in dealing with stoma bags.
Mr Myers says this statement is used as the basis for their argument that the Countess was receiving too many babies with complex needs.
10:39am
Mr Myers says the mother had said the concerns were met with "pushback".
He says nurses, including Nicola Dennison and Mary Griffiths, had said dealing with stoma bags was "unusual", and Dr John Gibbs said it was a "challenge".
10:44am
He says this case is evidence "beyond doubt" that serious deteriorations can come out of nowhere, as there are two desaturations for Child J, a well baby generally, which are serious and "cannot be blamed on Lucy Letby".
Dr Kalyilil Verghese had considered the first was a 'false desaturation'. Mr Myers says Nicola Dennison had given evidence to say the first "serious desaturation" is a real one "which comes out of nowhere", with Child J desaturating to the 30s [of oxygen saturation levels].
He says Dr Stephen Brearey said he could not find a cause for those two desaturations, and agreed they were unexpected.
Mr Myers says it is "clear unfairness" that the latter desaturations, when Letby is present, are an allegation of harm, as opposed to the first two desaturations when Letby is not present.
He says there is "no evidence" that can be linked for Letby causing harm to Child J.
10:51am
Mr Myers says the experts do not identify any physical harm for Child J. He says Letby is being left to explain something for which she probably wasn't present for. He says Dr Dewi Evans, when cross-examined, could not rule out infection in his report.
He says this is not attempted murder, and the prosecution case is "empty".
The trial of Lucy Letby, who denies murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit and attempting to murder 10 more, is…
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