Lucy Letby speculation causing families enormous stress, inquiry chair says

Lady Justice Thirlwall says doubts over nurse's convictions have come entirely from people who were not at the trial'

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Comments on the validity of Lucy Letby's convictions for murder and attempted murder have created an enormous amount of stress" for the parents of her victims, a judge has said on the opening day of a public inquiry into events surrounding the deaths.

Letby, 34, was sentenced to 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.