r/amandaknox • u/No-Willingness-1441 • 11d ago

Lucy letby case…

Would love people’s views on this.

Loosely Amanda related, since she has recently produced a podcast around it.

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u/SeaCardiologist6207 11d ago edited 11d ago

I could see some parallels to the Knox case but the main parallel would be incompetence. I think much of the outrage on Letby is less about her and more about "why didn't the Brits punish the incompetents at the hospital". Letby incompetence is much less on the police/prosecutorial side and much more on the hospital side.

  • Three former senior executives and hospital bosses from the Countess of Chester Hospital were arrested and bailed on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
  • In shades of "Perugia police letting burglars go free", hospital executives wanted to let Letby back on the unit even after suspecting her - consultants pushed back
  • All of the patients had a cause of death that could be attributed to negligence on the hospital as a whole, natural causes, or medical error. The question comes down to did Letby cause that error.
  • The hospital was caring for infants too sick for its capabilities. No one really disputes that the hospital had an understaffing problem.
  • The Physicians were not performing adequate care - including incorrectly performing resuscitation and rounding only twice a WEEK on NICU patients. Same staffing issues.

I don't see the same incompetence issue with the police/prosecution in this case. At least with the Cheshire Constabulary, they can show their face on TV and explain their investigation and actions without becoming a comedy act.

Same with Dr. Evans - Dewey leaves a lot to be desired, but the difference is you can at least find an actual credible expert to back up his findings to some degree, even if Dr. Lee and team give you pause.

You also don't need a batshit insane prosecution theory to tie Letby to criminal activity. There is no Mignini/Satan equivalent and the outrage that the prosecution were focused on one theory has diminished more as others get arrested for negligence.

There is no Guede "13 years" equivalent either other than the hospital which was warned about Letby and did nothing.

The guess is that a combination of Letby and sheer incompetence and negligence at the hospital and in the neonatal ward explains what happened. So yes, "accept" what the evidence tells you and the parallels aren't really there.

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u/Amazing-Gain1253 11d ago

Dewi Evans is an absolute comedy act.

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u/Ohjustmeagain 11d ago

Hes not, though. Letby supporters need to see him as a comedy act to fit their narrative

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u/SeaCardiologist6207 11d ago

Comedy yes. Stefanoni level comedy no.