Lucy Letby's barrister tells murder trial 'there's no direct evidence' to back up allegations against her - and says she's become a 'target'
Lucy Letby's barrister has told her trial 'there's no direct evidence of her doing any of the acts alleged against her' - and claimed she has become a 'target'. .
"In that same year, there was an increase in the number of deaths and type of collapses you are looking at in this trial. What did not change was Miss Letby. She was dedicated. She cared for hundreds of babies. She did not suddenly change. He pointed to one of the notes found at her home in Chester following her arrest in July 2018 which contained the words 'not good enough'. Miss Letby claims the notes reflected her concerns that her care had been sub-standard shortly after bosses moved her to clerical duties two years earlier.
Miss Letby wiped away tears in the dock, as did her mother watching from the public gallery, as Mr Myers said: "Please keep at the forefront of your mind the person she was at the time these events were happening, not what she has been reduced to.
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