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Letby’s conviction is unsafe, says Boris Johnson’s former science adviser

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Lucy Letby's conviction is unsafe and raises questions about whether juries should be allowed to try complex scientific evidence, a former science adviser to Boris Johnson has warned.

James Phillips , who worked as a special adviser to the former PM and to the secretary of state for science during the Covid pandemic, said he believed evidence presented to the jury in Letby ’s trial was flawed.

He made the intervention ahead of the Thirlwall Inquiry , which begins on Tuesday .

Tamlin Bolton , who represents the families of six of the victims, described speculation surrounding the case as upsetting’ for all her clients.

Letby has appointed the barrister Mark McDonald , an expert in miscarriages of justice, and intends to take her case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission .

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