Lucy Letby's Application to the CCRC

Can it jump the queue and be prioritised as a matter of urgency?

A huge amount has been written about Lucy Letby’s dilemma, how things got to where they are right now and what has caused this miscarriage of justice. Much of this information has been repeated multiple times from various sources both alternative and mainstream. We can go over the facts of the case time again, the injustice, the lies, propaganda, and medical errors and cover ups, but none of this changes the fact that Lucy is still locked up and was refused permission to appeal. She has already been in prison for five years, as she spent three years on remand (way over the legal time limit), before being convicted in August 2023. She now has the painstaking task of sitting waiting for an indefinite stretch of time, which could be years or even decades, while a not-fit-for purpose supposedly independent review body called the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) drags its feet.

One of the main problems with the CCRC is that instead of examining whether there has been a miscarriage of justice, it merely does the bidding of the establishment by weighing up whether it thinks a referral back to appeal will be successful. In other words it will be trying to second guess what an appeal judge would do by pondering tedious legal points which have little to do with right or wrong, justice or fairness. This of course makes a mockery of any concept of justice, and just reconfirms what anyone who has ever dealt with the system for long enough, eventually realises. The law is an ass. And judges are appointed (to put it politely) through the stinking orifice of that ass. The CCRC was not set up to become the oracle. It was not supposed to be gazing into its crystal balls trying to see what decisions judges may or may not make in the future. It was supposed to be concerned with the ever growing number of potential miscarriages of justice in Britain and actually do something to rectify that situation. It was set up to make the process fairer. But what has happened instead is that, today, less cases are referred back by this plodding institution which makes a tortoise look like Lewis Hamilton on steroids. There are way too many, very likely innocent, people languishing in British jails who have already been waiting years for the CCRC to process their case. So where does this leave Lucy? It would only seem fair on the other prisoners that she must take her turn in the queue. Or is there a way that her case could be fast-tracked in some way?

The ‘new evidence’ stumbling block has already reared its ugly head in Lucy’s case, whereby evidence cannot be presented on appeal unless it is classed as ‘new’ (ie having been unavailable at the time of the trial). But this requirement needs to be scrapped as it is a massive hindrance to any ideas of justice or fairness under the law. Until this ridiculous rule is consigned to the dustbin of history, it’s a case of sorry to all those people who have crap lawyers, stuck in the legal aid system or otherwise, and sorry to all those whose cases have been misrepresented by the CPS and who have had to suffer the lies of the police and barristers in court and sorry to those who have just been plain fitted up. You people don’t deserve any chance of appeal because you did not force the prosecution to be honest when they were presenting a case against you. You did not force the corrupt corporations or institutions like the NHS to spit out all the information which they could have done which would vindicate you. And you did not direct the judge(s) in your case to to drop their judicial bias in favour of the establishment and you failed to stop them allowing the jury to be misled. You did not prove your innocence, even though that is not your job and no one under British law should have to prove their innocence. It seems our courts have forgotten that, unlike in civil law where a case against a defendant only has to be proven on the balance of probabilities, in criminal law a person is innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.

But is there a way that the processing of Lucy’s application to the CCRC could be speeded up under our present system? Looking at the CCRC casework policy I believe that there is. Under their own rules, a case can be prioritised in terms of timing and allocation of resources under certain circumstances which are laid out in a section entitled ‘prioritising case review’. Here it states that cases are given a higher priority if there are exceptional circumstances that justify this. One reason given for prioritising a case is if the CCRC believe that the there is a likelihood that the case will be referred to the Appeal Court, but this is a red herring because as explained above, the CCRC is actually only bothering to properly process cases at all that have passed its crystal ball test. There is another reason cited though that I believe could be key in Lucy’s case. And that is that priority can be given to a case if it seems that a delay would impact negatively on the criminal justice system. This is relevant in Lucy’s case. It is an extremely high profile case which has been consistently covered by the media and many high profile people have spoken out because they believe Lucy has been wrongly convicted or at least that she did not get a fair trial. Some of the most respected medical experts in the world have explained how they think the babies died and that there were no murders. This does negatively impact on the criminal ‘justice’ system because it makes it look corrupt and stupid. The ‘justice’ system or legal system as I prefer to call it, just like the monetary system, depends on faith. Money has no intrinsic value, rather its value is only derived from the faith of those who use it. Faith in the banks and those who govern them. Similarly a justice system only works if people believe in it and support it. It depends on juries trusting the system, and police, prison officers, social workers etc serving that system because they have at least an element of respect for it/belief in it. If that belief drops off dramatically, more and more police/prison officers walk away. Juries may refuse to convict or use annulment (powers which many of them are not even aware they have). The executive know this. They govern only through consent. If people perceive that innocent people are being locked up way too often this could cause unrest because many will think:

There but for the grace of god go I

Many people are very angry about what has been done to Lucy Letby. Her portrayal as the wicked witch of the west initially by the media and her blatantly unfair trial. This growing anger the government cannot ignore. The judiciary will be taking note that they have not got away with their corruption quietly on this occasion. Lady Justice Thirwall looks ever more irrelevant and nonsensical with her ridiculous inquiry into murders that never happened and although her report has been pushed back to early 2026, my guess is that it will continue to be pushed back whilst damage limitation is hurriedly put in place.

How long can the circus continue? The clowns at the CCRC need to tidy up their act. Lucy’s application needs to be dealt with as the highest priority and her case needs to be referred to the Appeal court without further delay.

Refs:

CCRC Casework Policy, Case Review Process - Prioritising Case Review ref: CW-Pol-04 3.2 (e) (7)