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Lucy Letby Full Cheshire Police Timeline 2016-Present

A month-by-month timeline of the Cheshire Police investigation is assembled from documents and public records. In July 2016 legal advice obtained by the hospital concluded there was no criminal suspicion. An April 2017 board meeting similarly found no criminal issues. The referral to police by Tony Chambers followed in May 2017. Within days, Dr. Breary inserted himself into a police meeting he had not been invited to. The Guardian reported police were treating deaths as suspicious just six days after police had privately stated there was no evidence. Dr. Evans told police within minutes that harm had 'definitely' been inflicted — and went on to file over twenty-five reports after learning Lucy Letby's name.

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July 2016: the hospital's own legal advice says there is no criminal suspicion. No criminal suspicion. That is the starting point.
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Evans told the police within minutes — within minutes — that harm had definitely been inflicted. He had not reviewed the full notes. He had not consulted colleagues. Within minutes.
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The Guardian published a story saying police were treating deaths as suspicious six days after police had told the hospital there was no evidence of criminality. Where did that story come from?
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He filed over twenty-five reports. Twenty-five. All of them after he knew her name. That is not independent expert analysis. That is a campaign.
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