The Letby case has made new headlines after an international medical panel said its review found “no evidence to support malfeasance.” Elisabeth Mahase looks at what could happen next and the case’s wider implications Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The events took place between June 2015 and June 2016, but she was not charged until 2020 and was then convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024.1 The Court of Appeal has twice refused her permission to appeal. Letby’s new barrister, Mark McDonald, has now referred Letby’s case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission with the aim of having the case reopened. On 4 February the findings of an investigation by a panel of 14 international experts into the cause of injury and death of the babies Letby is convicted of murdering or attempting to murder were made public.2 At a press conference in L