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The list of people involved with Lucy's case as derived from every single Chester Standard report on the case and the trial
I have spent rather a long time compiling this list from Chester Standard articles and others but I think it will prove very useful. What I will do next is start to add notes underneath each individual summarising the key aspects of their testimony (or, if they did not testify, the key aspects of their involvement in Lucy's case).
Detail from David and Goliath, a colour lithograph by Osmar Schindler (c. 1888)
There are over 100 individuals on the list. There may be others I should add. Please let me know if I have missed any out. Also, please let me know if there is something specific you think I should mention in relation to (a) specific individual(s). It should be something factual i.e. something that is from a credible source.
Judges
Title: Mr
First name: James
Last name: Goss
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Judge
Employer/association: Manchester Crown Court
Title: Mr
First name: Ian
Last name: Dove
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Judge
Employer/association: Liverpool Crown Court
Defence side
Title: Ms
First name: Lucy
Last name: Letby
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Defendant
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Mr
First name: Benjamin
Last name: Myers
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Defence team
Role/job: Defence (barrister)
Employer/association: Exchange Chambers
Title: Mr
First name: Richard
Last name: Thomas
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Defence team
Role/job: Defence (solicitor)
Employer/association: Russell & Russell
Title: Mr
First name: Lorenzo
Last name: Mansutti
Gender: M
Group: Tradesman
Subgroup: Tradesman
Role/job: Plumber
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Mr
First name: John
Last name: Letby
Gender: M
Group: Family and friends
Subgroup: Family and friends
Role/job: Father
Employer/association: Family and friends
Title: Ms
First name: Susan
Last name: Letby
Gender: F
Group: Family and friends
Subgroup: Family and friends
Role/job: Mother
Employer/association: Family and friends
Title: Mr
First name: Charles
Last name: Letby
Gender: M
Group: Family and friends
Subgroup: Family and friends
Role/job: Uncle (John Letby's brother)
Employer/association: Family and friends
Title: Ms
First name: Janet
Last name: Cox
Gender: F
Group: Family and friends
Subgroup: Family and friends
Role/job: Lucy's friend
Employer/association: Family and friends
Title: Ms
First name: Dawn
Gender: F
Group: Family and friends
Subgroup: Family and friends
Role/job: Lucy's childhood friend (very bravely and helpfully did BBC interview expressing, in absence of a true confession by Lucy, 100% belief in her innocence)
Employer/association: Family and friends
Title: Dr
First name: Michael
Last name: Hall
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Expert (neonatologist)
Employer/association: Expert (neonatologist)
Note: Dr Hall was never called to testify by the defence. Why was this? Was it because his opinion (no crimes were committed) differed so much from that of the prosecution's experts (22 crimes had been committed) that he was unable to present it?
Title: Dr
First name: Marie
Last name: Oldfield
Gender: F
Group: Scientist
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: AI and Ethics Expert
Employer/association: Expert (statistics/risk)
Note: My belief is that Dr Oldfield was engaged by the defence to analyse/counter the evidence presented by prosecution witness Claire Hocknell who was engaged by Cheshire Police as an intelligence analyst but I have been unable to confirm this.
Individuals who do not appear to have been believed by the prosecution side
Title: Mr
First name: Nicholas
Last name: Rheinberg
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Coroner
Employer/association: HM Coroners, Cheshire
Recording a verdict of misadventure, coroner Nicholas Rheinberg told the inquest in Chester in February 2015: ‘There were very considerable signs [the tube was incorrectly positioned] and I find it surprising these signs were not realised.’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4518212/Baby-deaths-Countess-Chester-Hospital-probed.html
Letby also managed to slip through the gaps in the coronial system. Hospital managers asked the Cheshire coroner, Dr Nicholas Rheinberg, to investigate the seven baby deaths in February 2017. The coroner declined, according to sources, telling the trust he was not a “quality-assurance service” for the NHS. Rheinberg retired that year. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damning-email-told-of-chaos-on-lucy-letby-ward-kd9s28k5f
Title: Dr
First name: George
Last name: Kokai
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Pathologist
Employer/association: Alder Hey
Mr Myers says, for the case of Child C, he looks at the post-mortem evidence of whether there was a gastrointestinal blockage. He refers to the agreed evidence by the pathologist, Dr Kokai, who conducted the post-mortem examination, who recorded a 'distended colon' for Child C, which was not normal. He says Dr Marnerides refused to accept this evidence, who said the bowel was 'normal'. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23615797.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-27---defence-closing-speech/
Dr George Kokai carried out a post-mortem examination for Child C. He noted a distended colon, which Dr Marnerides said was "not an abnormality". He said the potential complication was a twisted colon that would lead to "obvious" symptoms of pain. There was evidence of "acute pneumonia". Dr Marnerides said one could die of pneumonia or with penumonia. He said the former was plausible, but upon hearing further clinical evidence, he reviewed his opinion. He said babies dying of penumonia experience gradual deterioration, which was not the case here. He said he revisited the cause of death, viewing images of a distended stomach, and no evidence of NEC. Prof Arthurs said the small bowel was dilated. Dr Marnerides observed a dilated stomach and bowel, and noted Child C had been off CPAP for over 12 hours. No air had been obtained from aspirates before the collapse. He had never known CPAP belly being the cause of an arrest in a baby in his years of experience. He said, in his opinion, the cause of Child C's collapse was of excessive air administered into the stomach via the naso-gastric tube. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23628455.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-3---judges-summing/
Dr George Kokai carried out a post-mortem examination of Child I. Dr Andreas Marnerides was dependent on the report. Dr Marnerides said Child I did not have NEC. He was "very sceptical" that Child I died of natural causes. He said the collapses were more likely to be excessive air administered to the stomach, via the NGT. The defence say a similar event happened for Child I on August 23, a day when Letby was not on duty. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23634101.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-5---judges-summing/
Dr George Kokai carried out a post-mortem examination [of Child O]. Dr Andreas Marnerides reviewed, and said injuries to the liver were the result of impact trauma. He said during treatment, small bruises could be caused to the surface of the liver, and would not be extensive. He says the liver is not in an area where CPR is applied. He has only seen this kind of injury to the liver before in children, not babies, from accidents involving bicycles. He did not think CPR could produce this extensive injury to the liver, and has never heard of this sort being accepted as such. He also found internal gastric distention, and concluded there had been an air embolus. Prof Arthurs also referred to radiograph images, taken post-mortem. He said the gases were an 'unusual finding'. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/
Title: Dr
First name: Francis
Last name: Potter
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant anaesthetist
Employer/association: Alder Hey
A registrar doctor, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told Manchester Crown Court on Monday, March 6, how he was asked to review Child N from about 7.30am on June 15….Giving evidence on Monday, the doctor said: “I saw blood at the back of the throat … that prevented me from seeing where the entry to his airway was.”. He said he also noticed “a degree of swelling”. Prosecutor Simon Driver asked: “ What did you notice first?” The doctor replied: “I think I will have seen the blood first because that is such an unusual thing to see at the time of intubation.” He said he could not see where the blood was coming from or what had caused the swelling....Another doctor told the court he too could not intubate Child N following a further sudden deterioration in the afternoon, after 3ml of blood was withdrawn from his nasogastric tube. Dr Huw Mayberry said: “I could see the vocal cords but I was unable to get a very clear view because there was substantial swelling within the airway. “The swelling was unlike anything I had encountered previously. It looked quite large and reddy-pink in colour.”...Dr Gibbs said the “serious life-threatening deterioration” only improved after a consultant anaesthetist [Dr Potter], called from Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, managed to intubate at his first attempt. He told the court he “couldn’t understand” why two consultants, two registrars and two anaesthetists had failed previously to intubate Child N throughout the day, but said the adrenaline may have helped reduce the swelling....Alder Hey anaesthetist Dr Francis Potter told jurors that he did not see blood or swelling in Child N’s throat when he successfully inserted the breathing tube. Following his transfer to Alder Hey, Dr Potter said Child N’s stay was “fairly uneventful”, although there were episodes of “apnoea” in which he would temporarily stop breathing. Dr Potter said apnoea could simply be a sign a child was unwell or it could have a more specific reason. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23366941.lucy-letby-unusual-presence-blood-throat-baby/
Alder Hey consultant anaesthetist Dr Francis Potter was asked to give evidence. Mr Myers said he had told the court his interest was paediatric intensive care, and he had experience with airway problem resolution. He said the intubation was managed with 'relative ease'. He said Dr Potter had been "surprised" there had been difficulties in intubating Child N as he said the Countess of Chester Hospital team was "pretty competent". He says Dr Bohin "comes to the rescue [of the prosecution]" by not agreeing with the opinion of Dr Potter. He said Dr Bohin said the drugs given to Child N would have reduced the swelling. He said it was a disagreement between the two prosecution witnesses. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23621368.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-29---defence-closing-speech/
Title: Mr
First name: Tony
Last name: Chambers
Gender: M
Group: Exec
Subgroup: Director
Role/job: Chief Executive
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Alison
Last name: Kelly
Gender: F
Group: Exec
Subgroup: Director
Role/job: Director of nursing/Deputy chief executive
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Mr
First name: Stephen
Last name: Cross
Gender: M
Group: Exec
Subgroup: Director
Role/job: Director, Corporate affairs & legal services
Employer/association: CoCH
Prosecution side
Title: Mr
First name: Nick
Last name: Johnson
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Prosecutor
Employer/association: Number 7 Harrington Street Chambers
Title: Mr
First name: Simon
Last name: Driver
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Prosecutor
Employer/association: Number 7 Harrington Street Chambers
Title: Mr
First name: Philip
Last name: Astbury
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Crown
Role/job: Prosecutor
Employer/association: St Johns Buildings
Prosecution's "independent" expert witnesses
The prosecution in Lucy's case engaged seven medical specialists to provide expert (opinion based) testimony. For further discussion, see my latest post, https://www.chimpinvestor.com/post/independent-experts-yeah-right.
Title: Dr
First name: Dewi
Last name: Evans
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician (rtd)
Employer/association: Dewi Evans Paediatric Consulting Ltd (no website - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07341254)
Commercial expert site: https://www.expertwitness.co.uk/expert/5763c7f0ca2f3af2228b5f41
Title: Dr
First name: Sandie
Last name: Bohin
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: The Medical Specialist Group LLP (https://www.msg.gg/clinical-team/consultants/dr-sandie-bohin/)
Commercial expert site: https://paediatricexpert.com
Title: Prof
First name: Peter
Last name: Hindmarsh
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Endocrinologist (paediatric)
Employer/association: University College London Hospital (https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-consultant/professor-peter-hindmarsh )
Title: Dr
First name: Anna
Last name: Milan
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Clinical biochemist
Employer/association: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (http://pathlabs.rlbuht.nhs.uk/ccfram.htm)
Title: Prof
First name: Sally
Last name: Kinsey
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Haematologist (paediatric)
Employer/association: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/a-z-of-services/leeds-cancer-centre/services/childrens-and-adolescent-oncology-and-haematology/services/haematology/) and St. James University Hospital (https://severe-chronic-neutropenia.org/en/partners/uk)
Title: Prof
First name: Owen
Last name: Arthurs
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Radiologist (paediatric)
Employer/association: Great Ormond Street Hospital (https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/our-people/staff-z/owen-arthurs/)
Title: Dr
First name: Andreas
Last name: Marnerides
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Patholigist (paediatric)
Employer/association: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-consultants/andreas-marnerides)
General reference
He [Myers] says of Dr Andreas Marnerides, a pathologist, "is not a clinician, is not a paediatrician or a neonatologist", which "puts some limits [on his expertise]". He says his expertise is on what happens following a death, not in life. He says Dr Marnerides is "reliant" on the evidence of others, something which he agreed. He says he made a lot of reference to Dr Dewi Evans, and it is "too late in the day" to "insinuate" it is someone else. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23613176.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-26---defence-closing-speech/
Child A
Dr Marnerides said it appeared Child A, a twin boy, died as a result of an injection of air into his bloodstream. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
The judge refers to expert witness Dr Andreas Marnerides' evidence. His expertise, the court is told, is on the pathology of conditions on those who had died. He said there was "no evidence of infection" or "any other abnormalities". He said he could see, from his study, "empty structures" of fat or air in Child A - after testing, he ruled out the former. He said he could see evidence of air in the brain when the baby was alive. The findings "could not be taken as absolute proof of air embolus". He said there was "no evidence of any natural cause of death", or any of natural disease. He took the view that Child A's death was of air embolus via injection. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23628455.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-3---judges-summing/
Child C
The note recorded bile on a blanket and black-stained fluid for Child C. He says nurse Yvonne Griffiths hasn't signed for a 9am reading on June 12, and something was entered for noon and not signed. He says bile on a blanket and black fluid is recorded in the nursing note at 6.30pm, but is not noted on the fluid chart.He says a radiograph was taken at 12.36pm. Dr Evans, Dr Bohin and Dr Andreas Marnerides had all regarded the image as a 'suspicious event' of harm. He says Letby was not on duty. Dr Anne Boothroyd recorded 'marked gaseous distention of the stomach'.Mr Myers says the jury should take this as "proof" the experts can "get it wrong".He says if this event happened when Letby was on duty, Letby would be accused of causing it.....He refers to the agreed evidence by the pathologist, Dr Kokai, who conducted the post-mortem examination, who recorded a 'distended colon' for Child C, which was not normal. He says Dr Marnerides refused to accept this evidence, who said the bowel was 'normal'. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23615797.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-27---defence-closing-speech/
Child C, a boy, was subjected to an excessive infusion/injection of air into his nasogastric tube, he [Dr Marnerides] said. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
Mr Johnson says the jury know, as a fact, from Dr Andreas Marnerides, that Child C did not have a problem with his gut, as there was no sign of infection or sepsis. There was no evidence of Child C having had an obstruction in his bowel....Dr Marnerides said there was "nothing unusual" about Child C's bowel. He concluded Child C died "with pneumonia not from pneumonia" and the gas in the bowel could not be explained by infection or an abonormality in the bowel. He said "air must have been injected into the nasogastric tube", splinting the diaphragm, which would have compromised Child C's breathing and killed him. He added: "I have never in the past 10 years, come across even a suggestion that 'CPAP belly' would lead to the deterioration of a baby, let alone this gastric distention that would lead to [a baby's death]." https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23603440.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-21--prosecution-closing-speech/
Dr George Kokai carried out a post-mortem examination for Child C. He noted a distended colon, which Dr Marnerides said was "not an abnormality". He said the potential complication was a twisted colon that would lead to "obvious" symptoms of pain. There was evidence of "acute pneumonia". Dr Marnerides said one could die of pneumonia or with penumonia. He said the former was plausible, but upon hearing further clinical evidence, he reviewed his opinion. He said babies dying of penumonia experience gradual deterioration, which was not the case here. He said he revisited the cause of death, viewing images of a distended stomach, and no evidence of NEC. Prof Arthurs said the small bowel was dilated. Dr Marnerides observed a dilated stomach and bowel, and noted Child C had been off CPAP for over 12 hours. No air had been obtained from aspirates before the collapse. He had never known CPAP belly being the cause of an arrest in a baby in his years of experience. He said, in his opinion, the cause of Child C's collapse was of excessive air administered into the stomach via the naso-gastric tube. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23628455.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-3---judges-summing/
The judge refers to the case of Child C. He says medical experts found it difficult to conclude the cause of death, but Dr Marnerides said it was air administered into his stomach via the naso-gastric tube. Letby said she did nothing harmful to Child C, and a cause such as a gastrointestinal blockage cannot be excluded, that Child C should have been treated at a tertiary unit, and there was a failure to react to bile aspirates, vomiting, and an overall lack of care. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23628455.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-3---judges-summing/
Child D
The “likely explanation” for the death of Child D, a girl, was an air embolism into her circulation. [Dr Marnerides] https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
Another medical expert, Dr Marnerides, had ruled out sepsis, and concluded Child D was killed by an air embolus. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23603440.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-21--prosecution-closing-speech/
Mr Myers refers to the pathologist's report for Child D, recording damaged lungs, "continuing respiratory problems". Presence of infection is "not ruled out" following negative microbiology tests, as Child D had been on antibiotics. Mr Myers said despite that, Dr Marnerides "preferred" air embolus as a conclusion. He said he had taken into account clinicians' views of how well Child D was doing. Mr Myers says Child D was not doing well on respiration. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23615797.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-27---defence-closing-speech/
Dr Andreas Marnerides said pneumonia was likely to be present at birth for Child D. Professor Arthurs talked of a 'black line' in front of the spine indicating gas in the great vessels, which was "unusual" in children who had died without an explanation. It was present in "two other children", one of whom was Child A. There was "more air" in Child D than Child A. One explanation was someone was injecting air into the child, and the radiograph images were consistent with, but not diagnostic of, externally administered air to Child D. Dr Marnerides said the presence of air in such a vessel was "significant". He said from a pathology point of view, air embolus could not be proved. He said there was "no other natural disease" that could explain Child D's death. He said in his opinion, Child D died with, not from, pneumonia. He concluded the 'likely explanation' was air embolus. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23631372.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-4---judges-summing/
Child E
He [Dr Marnerides] told the court he could no offer no opinion on the death of Child E, a twin boy, because no post-mortem examination took place. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
Child I
Another girl, Child I, received an excessive injection of air into her stomach, he [Dr Marnerides] said. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
Dr Marnerides said at the time of Child I's death, she had no acute illnesses or abnormalities in the bowel, other than presence of air. The presence of gas had "no pathological cause". He said the collapses were air administered from the NG Tube. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23606159.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-22--prosecution-closing-speech/
Dr Marnerides said Child I did not have NEC. He was "very sceptical" that Child I died of natural causes. He said the collapses were more likely to be excessive air administered to the stomach, via the NGT. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23634101.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-5---judges-summing/
Child O
Dr Andreas Marnerides, the reviewing pathologist, thought that the liver injuries were most likely the result of impact type trauma and not the result of CPR….He certified the cause of death to be “Inflicted traumatic injury to the liver and profound gastric and intestinal distension following acute excessive injection or infusion of air via a naso-gastric tube” and air embolus. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23035356.recap-prosecution-opens-trial-lucy-letby-accused-countess-chester-hospital-baby-murders/
Paediatric pathology expert Dr Andreas Marnerides had told jurors he concluded Child O died because of “inflicted traumatic injury” to the liver, as well as receiving fatal injections of air into the stomach and bloodstream....“I have never seen this type of injury in the context of CPR so I would say the force required would be of the magnitude of that generated by a baby jumping on a trampoline and falling.” He agreed that smaller internal bruising to the liver sustained by Child O’s triplet brother Child P – who Letby is alleged to have murdered the next day – could be capable of being caused by CPR. But asked if “rigorous” chest compressions could be the cause of the internal bruising in Child O’s case, Dr Marnerides said: “I don’t think so, no." “This is a huge area of bruising for a liver of this size. This is not something you see in CPR.” Mr Myers said: “So you don’t accept the proposition that forceful CPR could cause this injury in general terms, do you agree it cannot be categorically excluded as a possibility?” Dr Marnerides replied: “We are not discussing possibilities here, we are discussing probabilities. “When you refer to possibilities, I am thinking for example of somebody walking in the middle of the Sahara desert found dead with a pot and head trauma. “It is possible the pot fell from the air from a helicopter. The question is ‘is it probable?’ and I don’t think we can say it is probable.” Mr Myers asked: “Is it possible in your opinion for at least some of what we see in the damage to the liver arising from the insertion of a cannula?” The consultant said: “I would consider it extremely unlikely. I would expect some kind of perforation injury.” https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23424649.letby-trial-forceful-cpr-not-cause-babys-liver-damage/
Jurors were shown post-mortem examination photographs which showed two separate sites of bruising, as well as areas of a blood clot. Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC asked the consultant: “How does that injury come to be in a child of (Child O’s) age?”...Mr Johnson said: “Looking at this sequence of photographs, can you rule out the possibility that these injuries were caused by CPR?” Dr Marnerides said: “I cannot convince myself that in the setting of a neonatal unit this would be a reasonable proposition to explain this. I don’t think CPR can produce this extensive injury to a liver.”....Dr Marnerides said: “In my view, the cause of death was inflicted traumatic injury to the liver, profound gastric and intestinal distension following acute excessive injection/infusion of air via a naso-gastric tube and air embolism due to administration into a venous line.” https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23422288.lucy-letby-baby-suffered-liver-injury-akin-road-traffic-collision/
During Child O's resuscitation in his final collapse, a doctor had said efforts were made to decompress Child O's abdomen. In cross-examination it had been suggested this was the cause of the liver injury. Dr Brearey and Dr Marnerides had rejected this, Mr Johnson tells the court. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23600333.recap-lucy-letby-trial-june-20--prosecution-closing-speech/
Dr George Kokai carried out a post-mortem examination. Dr Andreas Marnerides reviewed, and said injuries to the liver were the result of impact trauma. He said during treatment, small bruises could be caused to the surface of the liver, and would not be extensive. He says the liver is not in an area where CPR is applied. He has only seen this kind of injury to the liver before in children, not babies, from accidents involving bicycles. He did not think CPR could produce this extensive injury to the liver, and has never heard of this sort being accepted as such. He also found internal gastric distention, and concluded there had been an air embolus. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/
Earlier, Dr Marnerides said the most likely explanation for the death of Child P was excessive air injected via a nasogastric tube into his stomach. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23424649.letby-trial-forceful-cpr-not-cause-babys-liver-damage/
Child P
Dr Marnerides said he had no evidence to indicate a natural disease that would account for Child P's death. He thought small haematomas to the liver were potentially the result of CPR, or as a result of prematurity, and did not have enough to say it was an impact injury. He said there was no clinical evidence for a natural cause. He said having considered other accounts, he concluded there was gastric distention caused by excessive air injected into the stomach. https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23636819.recap-lucy-letby-trial-july-6---judges-summing/
CoCH's medical directors
Title: Dr
First name: Ian
Last name: Harvey
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Medical Director
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Nigel
Last name: Scawn
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Executive medical director
Employer/association: CoCH
CoCH's consultant paediatricians
Title: Dr
First name: Stephen
Last name: Brearey
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: John
Last name: Gibbs
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Ravi
Last name: Jayaram
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr (cannot be named for legal reasons)
First name:
Last name: B
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Satyanarayana
Last name: Saladi
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Sudeshna
Last name: Bhowmik
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Elizabeth
Last name: Newby
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant paediatrician
Employer/association: CoCH
CoCH's radiologists
Title: Dr
First name: Amer
Last name: Rehman
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Consultant radiologist
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Ann
Last name: Boothroyd
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Radiologist (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Stavros
Last name: Stivaros
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Radiologist (paediatric neuroradiologist)
Employer/association: CoCH
CoCH's paediatric registrars
Title: Dr (cannot be named for legal reasons)
First name:
Last name: A
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Gail
Last name: Beech
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Andrew
Last name: Brunton
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (specialist trainee)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Rachel
Last name: Chang
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Katarzyna
Last name: Cooke
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Katherine
Last name: Davis
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Peter
Last name: Fielding
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Jonathan
Last name: Ford
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: David
Last name: Harkness
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Rachel
Last name: Lambie
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Jennifer
Last name: Loughnane
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Huw
Last name: Mayberry
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Matthew
Last name: Neame
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Sally
Last name: Ogden
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (paediatric)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Sarah
Last name: Rylance
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: James
Last name: Smith
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar (specialist)
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Anthony
Last name: Ukoh
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Alison
Last name: Ventress
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Registrar
Employer/association: CoCH
CoCH's junior doctors
Title: Dr
First name: Lucy
Last name: Beebe
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Junior doctor
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Jessica
Last name: Burke
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Junior doctor
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Emily
Last name: Thomas
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Junior doctor
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Christopher
Last name: Wood
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Doctor
Role/job: Junior doctor
Employer/association: CoCH
Other medical/scientific
Title: Mr
First name: Ian
Last name: Allen
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Pharmacist
Role/job: Pharmacist
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Dr
First name: Gwen
Last name: Wark
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Biochemist
Role/job: Director
Employer/association: Guildford RSCH Peptide Hormone Laboratory
Senior nursing staff
Title: Ms
First name: Karen
Last name: Rees
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nursing chief
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Karen
Last name: Townsend
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nursing chief
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Eirian
Last name: Lloyd Powell
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Neonatal Unit Manager
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Susan
Last name: Brooks
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Midwife
Employer/association: CoCH
Nurses
An undetermined number of nurses who were granted anonymity in order to secure their appearance and testimony at trial
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Caroline
Last name: Bennion
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Kate
Last name: Bissell
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Vicky
Last name: Blamire
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Mr
First name: Christopher
Last name: Booth
Gender: M
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Bernadette
Last name: Butterworth
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Amy
Last name: Davies
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Nicola
Last name: Dennison
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Tanya
Last name: Downes
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Laura
Last name: Eagles
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Sophie
Last name: Ellis
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Mary
Last name: Griffiths
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Yvonne
Last name: Griffiths
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Ashleigh
Last name: Hudson
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Tracey
Last name: Jones
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Jennifer
Last name: Jones-Key
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Minna
Last name: Lappalainen
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Elizabeth
Last name: Marshall
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Elizabeth
Last name: Morgan
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Rebecca
Last name: Morgan
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Samantha
Last name: O'Brien
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Caroline
Last name: Oakley
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Kathryn
Last name: Percival-Ward/Percival-Calderbank
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Belinda
Last name: Simcock
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Melanie
Last name: Taylor
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Valerie
Last name: Thomas
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Shelley
Last name: Tomlins
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Lisa
Last name: Walker
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Joanne
Last name: Williams
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Title: Ms
First name: Belinda
Last name: Williamson
Gender: F
Group: Medical
Subgroup: Nurse
Role/job: Nurse
Employer/association: CoCH
Police
Title: Mr
First name: David
Last name: Keane
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: Police and crime commissioner, Cheshire
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Mr
First name: Nigel
Last name: Wenham
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: DCS
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Mr
First name: Paul
Last name: Hughes
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: DS
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Ms
First name: Lucy
Last name: Kennedy
Gender: F
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: DS
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Ms
First name: Nicola
Last name: Evans
Gender: F
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: DCI
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Ms
First name: Claire
Last name: Hocknell
Gender: F
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: Intelligence analyst
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Title: Mr
First name: Darren
Last name: Riley
Gender: M
Group: Legal
Subgroup: Police
Role/job: Civilain Investigator
Employer/association: Cheshire Police
Other CoCH executive
Title: Dr
First name: Susan
Last name: Gilby
Gender: F
Group: Exec
Subgroup: Exec
Role/job: Chief Executive (2018 - 2022)
Employer/association: CoCH
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