Lucy Letby: Families' solicitor blames hospital bosses for police delay

The study concluded main enforcement Tony Chambers was "dictatorial" successful his attack to consultants and that presentations by executives to the infirmary committee were an "exercise successful spin". Bolton said the study had made for "difficult reading" but added that she hoped it would "bring change". Chambers issued a associated connection with different elder leaders named successful the report, saying: "Given that determination are a fig of investigations nether way, and that the enactment of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has not yet completed, it would beryllium inappropriate for america to connection immoderate further remark astatine this time." "Our thoughts stay with the families affected by the tragic events that took spot astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital." While Bolton said she hoped the enquiry would beryllium to beryllium a "pivot point", work of the study came amid continuing efforts by immoderate campaigners and aesculapian experts to situation Letby's convictions. Bolton criticised Letby's barrister, Mark McDonald, aft helium described the enquiry arsenic having been based connected a "false premise" of Letby's guilt. "The intent of the enquiry was to bring successful recommendations that would guarantee children aren't harmed, truthful to telephone it redundant truthful outwardly seems rather an antithetic stance to take", she said. Bolton added that protests extracurricular Liverpool Town Hall during the work of the study had besides been "very difficult" for her clients to see. "The families spot large reassurance successful the information that astir of this grounds has been tested astatine respective antithetic levels by radical who are experienced to trial this evidence." "[The protest] is an wholly inappropriate effect to a nationalist enquiry designed to look astatine diligent safety."