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I have, over the years, been an expert medical witness, both for prosecution and defence. I am not involved in the Letby case, and have no more knowledge of it than has been published in the press.

It is common practice for the defence not to present their own experts' evidence (as happened in this case) usually because they know that it will undermine their own case. I have been involved in exactly such a case

I see nothing that has been in Private Eye or elsewhere to persuade me that the opinion of the jury, who heard every word, was incorrect. I note that Judith Moritz, the BBC correspondent, was, I think, the only person who sat through every word of the trial )other than Letby, the lawyers and the jury. She has said nothing in support of Letby's case

I think that the fact that the defence never put Letby in the witness box is telling. A weeping Letby protesting her innocence would have tugged at the heartstrings of even the most hard hearted juror, but they didn't do it. No doubt they knew that a skilled prosecutor would have pulled her evidence to pieces. The ability of a good criminal prosecuting barrister is something to behold.