Cheshire police and CPS say they were not told about inquiry into Prof Peter Hindmarsh before he gave evidence at nurse’s trial
The police force behind the prosecution of the former nurse Lucy Letby has said it was not informed by a key expert witness before he gave evidence at her trial that he was under investigation over serious concerns in his medical work.
The Crown Prosecution Service also told the Guardian it was not aware that Prof Peter Hindmarsh was subject to the formal investigation by the hospital that employed him, before his first appearance as a witness on 25 November 2022.
Hindmarsh provided crucial evidence in the trial for the prosecution’s case that Letby had attempted to murder two babies, referred to as F and L, by injecting insulin into their fluid bags.
The Guardian revealed last week that in the period leading up to the trial University College London hospitals NHS trust (UCLH), Hindmarsh’s main employer, was leading a formal investigation, with involvement from Great Ormond Street hospital, into multiple, wide-ranging, serious concerns, including allegations that Hindmarsh harmed patients.
