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Lucy Letby Unseen Court Transcript Exposes Dewi Evans

A commentary host analyses an unseen court transcript focused on Child D to expose a contradiction between Dewi Evans's media statements and his actual court testimony. In a Channel 4 interview, Evans claimed he made it very clear during trial about the antibiotic delay being a significant factor. The transcript shows Evans never volunteered this information, gave a stuttering non-answer when asked by his own barrister, and described antibiotic management as entirely consistent with what he would expect of a modern neonatal unit — citing it as a positive example of care. Only under cross-examination by Ben Myers did Evans concede the delay. The independent expert panel had found Child D suffered systemic sepsis, pneumonia, and DIC, with the antibiotic delay assessed as fatal.

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Dewi Evans (court transcript, cited by host)

The management was entirely consistent with what I'd expect of a modern neonatal unit.
Topic: Evans in evidence-in-chief, praising care before conceding antibiotic delay under cross-examination

Speaker 1 (host)

He told Channel 4 he made it very clear about the antibiotic delay. The transcript shows he made it very clear that the care was entirely consistent with a modern neonatal unit. Those are not the same thing.
Topic: On the contradiction between Evans's media claims and his actual testimony

Speaker 1 (host)

Child D had systemic sepsis. Child D had pneumonia. Child D had DIC. And the antibiotic delay was assessed as fatal by the expert panel. And Evans is convicted — sorry, Lucy Letby is convicted — for Child D.
Topic: On the documented medical explanations for Child D's death being ignored

Speaker 1 (host)

This is what the transcript shows. He did not volunteer the antibiotic delay. He did not mention it to his own barrister. He had to be dragged to it under cross-examination.
Topic: On Evans only conceding the antibiotic delay under pressure from Ben Myers
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