Why Aren't The Lucy Letby Court Proceedings Public Property

The host argues that court proceedings in the United Kingdom should be fully recorded and publicly available, using the Letby case as a prime example. The video covers the £100,000 fee quoted to MP Sir David Davis for court transcripts, the 1925 Criminal Justice Act prohibition on recordings, and the police's refusal to release more than a tiny fraction of Letby's 23-hour-plus police interviews. The host contrasts British opacity with American transparency, where full court proceedings for major cases are publicly available online. The elitist attitude underlying current policy is illustrated through Lord Denning's notorious 1980 comments dismissing the Birmingham Six appeal. Lord Bingham is cited as a counter-authority who explicitly identified public scrutiny as central to the rule of law.