McDonald won't have him because
he won't say that Letby is innocent. He has always maintained that he doesn't know if she is innocent or not. Thats not what McDonald wants to hear. He wants people that are 100% convinced that Letby is innocent and want to shout it from the rooftopsp⁰
I was on this site a lot during the trial but lately have taken to arguing with those that think it's all a whole miscarriage of justice. I don't know why I do it to myself. They are not going to change their minds. And my blood pressure is probably soaring!
Almost all of them seem to have gotten interested in the case well after the trial so they didn't follow it like we did and see the way it was laid out by the prosecution and I think that's the main reason they believe in her innocence. The first thing they read about the case was perhaps the NYT article.
They don't seem to be people who are interested in the profile of a serial killer at all so they either don't know about her strange behaviour around parents or just dismiss it as not relevant. They are very focused on the science only so don't seem to be able to look at the case as a whole just each part. It's infuriating but I just have to hope it stops if we find out there are credible new charges-especially from LWH where they can't put the blame on the poor Chester consultants.
JMO.
(The profile of a serial killer" may be an obsolete term, tbh.)
In the meantime, “innocent” ≠ “not guilty”.
There may be a situation when the person is guilty but it can't be proven because “the burden of proof” has not been met.
LL’s case seems like it. The country spent a lot of money, only to get a “seriously unserious” trial expert who is clownish. By his "oh she killed them for sure", he accused LL, the hospital, the CEOs, the NHS, all the people who supervised her in training. And he is not a practicing neonatologist, even.
We have the main witness who stated he saw LL standing at the bed of a child in distress doing nothing. But Dr. Jayaram, apparently lied about baby K...under oath. The case like this can not rely on a lie. Dr. Jay is the only person who allegedly saw LL doing malfeasance... and apparently, it was a lie!
The fact that Dr. Jayaram hasn't not been charged with lying under oath creates a precedent. If one witness lied under oath with no consequences, then why can't witnesses for organized crime do it, for example?
COCH had Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and a similar spike in neonatal catastrophic events that year. Do you know what Pseudomonas aeruginosa means in plain English? Basically, "the rod responsible for infections with blue-green pus". If anyone Googles Pseudomonas aeruginosa and hits Images, you'll see how it looks on the nail beds. People with weakened immune system, newborns and ventilated patients are more susceptible to it. It quickly forms a foam on respiratory tubes and develops resistance to antibiotics. Colonization of the hospital with this nasty bug is unsurprising, but so-called "nosocomial infections" are responsible for the rise in intrahospital mortality, worldwide. Sadly, with resistance to antibiotics on the rise, you don't need a serial killer in the hospital.
LL's accusation, of being baby murderer, is too horrendous to rely on: her notes, Facebook searches, facial expression (!), a showman for the trial expert or a lying main witness. It was a fact-poor trial.
Yesterday I read about this horrible case, loss of the power in a Lincolnshire hospital during the surgery.
Woman Dies During Heart Surgery After Hospital Loses Power for 10 Minutes Can happen anywhere in the world. But, heads that should roll are not those of the doctors or nurses. Perhaps of a CEO and CFO.
IMHO, LL's case is like this. With COCH in a bad shape, they didn't need to have a SK to explain the spike in deaths.
Why dr. Jay felt persuaded to lie under oath is a serious question and needs to be investigated. Mainly: a conviction based on the deposition of a lying witness is unsafe.