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The Trial of Lucy Letby

The Trial of Lucy Letby

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Lucy Letby is a child killer. Last year she was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder six more while working as a neo-natal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, in the NW of England and was sentenced to spend her life in jail. She also went back in court to face a retrial on one charge the jury could not reach a verdict on - the alleged Attempted Murder of a premature baby girl, known as Baby K.


She was found guilty once again.


Follow the trial's evidence just as the jury do, with reports from Daily Mail northern correspondent Liz Hull and broadcast journalist Caroline Cheetham.


In this podcast, they bring you far more detail about what the jury heard, examine key moments of the trial, and conduct exclusive interviews with investigative detectives, victims, and experts.


The Trial goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts.

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  • Episode 1: Nurse on trial

    Episode 1: Nurse on trial
    Jan 22 2026

    In this first episode of The Trial of Lucy Letby, Caroline and Liz go over the background of the case that has grabbed the attention of people all over the world. We’ll find out how the jury has heard that staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital grew suspicious of the nurse back in 2015 after an unexplained rise in deaths and serious collapses of babies in the neonatal unit.


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    9 mins
  • Conviction

    Conviction
    Sep 26 2025

    In this episode Liz and Caroline speak to Danny Bogado, the director of a new Channel 4 documentary called Conviction: The Lucy Letby Case. They discuss why he wanted to make a film on the case, how he recruited contributors and why he feels it is important that audiences make up their own minds about her guilt or innocence.


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    Hosts: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull


    Producer: Chelsey Ranore


    Creative director: Caroline Cheetham


    Executive Producer: Jamie East


    Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini


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    46 mins
  • "The Game of Law”

    "The Game of Law”
    Sep 19 2025

    In this episode Caroline and Liz sit down with the man at the centre of the chatter about the safety of Lucy Letby’s convictions - the man who was never called to give evidence in her trial. In this interview Dr Mike Hall questions the justice system, if jury trials are always the best way to try complex cases and his concerns about the tactics of Lucy Letby’s new barrister Mark MacDonald.


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    Hosts: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull


    Producer: Chelsey Ranore


    Creative director: Caroline Cheetham


    Executive Producer: Jamie East


    Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini


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    1 hr and 4 mins
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Enjoying every episode, clear and well told . I find it very informative and interesting. Reporting, great quality listen

All around perfect

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so well reported, being mindful of the law-as they have to be.

still following this over a year after it started.

perfectly done

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In later episodes, the 'journalists' came across as incredibly rude and condescending of those who question her innocence. Referring to LL's demeanour in court as 'evidence' of her guilt and the condescending treatment of Mark McDonald was unacceptable and hard to listen to.

Rather than professional, non judgemental and unbiased, the 'journalists' came across like two gossiping school girls.

Disappointing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/11/letby-podcaster

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