Amanda Knox Hosts | DOUBT: The Case of Lucy Letby – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Lucy Letby was branded Britain’s most prolific child serial killer. The headlines were instant and unanimous: guilty. Case closed...or maybe not. In the wake of her conviction, a quiet rebellion began among journalists, statisticians, and senior doctors who question whether the evidence told the full story.  Amanda Knox explores how one narrative took hold — and why another is now fighting to be heard.

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It was a case that shocked the United Kingdom and the wider world. Lucy Letby, a young nurse, was found guilty of murdering premature babies. She was a serial killer whose target was not just the youngest, most vulnerable human beings alive, but also those entrusted to her care. But, is everything as clear as it seems? Host Amanda Knox asks if this case is really as open and shut as the world believes or if – in fact – there is reasonable doubt. 

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Lucy Letby is arrested and police launch Operation Hummingbird. But from the very beginning, questions emerge about how the case was built and whether early assumptions shaped the direction of the investigation.

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The Countess of Chester Hospital sits on the edge of the historic town of Chester, concrete, functional, unremarkable. On the surface, it’s entirely typical. But what happened inside would become one of the most consequential events in modern British history. In this episode, we examine the setting at the centre of the Lucy Letby case — and the tragic events inside that set everything in motion.

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The trial of Lucy Letby begins. In Manchester Crown Court, prosecutors outline the case they say explains a series of unexplained collapses and deaths on a neonatal unit, setting the stage for one of the longest trials in modern British history.

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Lucy Letby finally takes the stand. The defence presents its case, laying out its arguments as she answers for herself in court, but questions linger over what may have been left unsaid.

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At Lucy Letby’s retrial, the prosecution leans on a single, powerful eyewitness account, but cracks begin to appear in the story the jury is asked to believe. When a previously unseen email surfaces, it raises troubling questions about whether that testimony was ever as certain as it seemed.

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As Lucy Letby is handed her sentence, a growing group of controversial voices begins to question whether the case is as clear as it seemed. Driven in part by reporting from Rachel Aviv, these so-called “misfits and ghouls” raise uncomfortable doubts, despite the personal risk. 

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In court, one interpretation of the evidence helped secure a conviction. But as concerns about the case quietly grow, a panel of international experts comes together to re-examine the medical evidence from the ground up, uncovering details the jury never heard and raising serious questions about the verdict itself.

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A profession under pressure. A culture of blame. And from inside the hospital environment, a perspective on the case few have heard.

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