from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 23 Apr 14:32
https://sh.itjust.works/post/59008543
A former boss at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Police arrested the suspect on Wednesday as part of an investigation into allegations of gross negligence manslaughter by former senior leaders at the Countess of Chester hospital.
Unusually, Cheshire constabulary declined to confirm the age or gender of the person arrested. However, the force confirmed that they were one of the three former hospital bosses arrested last June on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Letby, 36, is serving a whole-life prison sentence after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others in the year to June 2016. The former neonatal nurse denies the allegations and is seeking to challenge the convictions through the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which can refer potential miscarriages of justice to the court of appeal to be reviewed.
Cheshire constabulary said: “On Wednesday 22 April, officers from Cheshire constabulary executed a search warrant at a property in connection with Operation Duet. Operation Duet is the ongoing investigation into corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester hospital.
“An individual was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. They have subsequently been bailed pending further inquiries. The searches at the property have now concluded.
“Both the corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter elements of the investigation are continuing and there are no set timescales for these.”
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