Peter Andre says he has been left confused over convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby after watching the Channel 4 documentary about her, Murder or Mistake, this week.
Peter Andre has been left feeling conflicted over his thoughts on Lucy Letby, after watching a new Channel 4 documentary, Murder or Mistake, on her this week.
The show examines the case of Letby, a former neonatal nurse, and how she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others. Admitting he and wife Emily MacDonagh tuned in, Peter says he was feeling “captivated” but confused over the situation.
“Emily and I watched the Lucy Letby documentary Murder Or Mistake the other night and it was fascinating. It’s very interesting to watch something that can make you believe one thing one minute, then fully believe the opposite a minute later”, the dad-of-five wrote in his weekly New! Magazine column.
Peter, who is a dad to children Junior and Princess, from his marriage to Katie Price, and Amelia, Theo and Arabella, who he shares with wife Emily, said the show was a tough watch for him.
He continued: “It was also interesting to see the experts giving their opinions, some of them completely contradicting each other. It’s not often we are both so captivated by a TV show. But at the end of it, you are left realising just how terrible the situation is for all the children who lost their lives and their families”.
Letby was sentenced to a whole life order in court, with the case described by prosecutors as one of the worst serial killing cases in modern UK healthcare. She was arrested after a string of unexplained deaths and sudden collapses of newborns in the neonatal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital, where she worked, between June 2015 and June 2016.
Concerns were raised by medical staff multiple times about the unusually high number of serious incidents within this period. Letby, who was present and taking these babies’ care when they collapsed or died, was the next step.
After her first arrest in 2018, a police search of her home turned up evidence of her crimes, including hospital records and handwritten notes.
However, a number of experts, statistics organizations, and a panel have since been investigating the safety of the evidence since her conviction.
Dr. Dewi Evans, the prosecution’s expert witness, claimed he has no doubt that Letby is “evil” because she was questioned on the program about whether or not she was. She’s evil, right? He claims in the show that she is evil.
“And I have no idea why anyone believes she is anything but guilty.” She’s not innocent, but her current barrister is doing something that shocked me. It is truly repulsive.
However, Mark McDonald, her barrister, who also appears on the show, holds completely different views. He asserts that “our criminal justice system has fundamentally failed.” What these children will ultimately want is the truth, and these parents are suffering in the process.
