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·Dr Ravi Jayaram; Thirlwall Inquiry; Manchester Crown Court

Dr Ravi Jayaram — witness evidence summary (Thirlwall Inquiry + Child K retrial)

Summary and key excerpts from Dr Ravi Jayaram's public testimony — both his Thirlwall Inquiry witness evidence and his testimony at the Child K retrial. Jayaram was the key witness whose eyewitness account supported the single count at the retrial. This page presents his 2016 contemporaneous notes alongside his 2024 oral testimony, since independent analysts have pointed to differences between the two.

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Original source: thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk

Context

Dr Ravi Jayaram was a consultant paediatrician on the Countess of Chester neonatal unit and co-signatory of the September 2016 consultants’ letter. At the Child K retrial in June-July 2024, his eyewitness account was central to the single count on which the first jury had been unable to agree. This page presents his contemporaneous 2016 records alongside his 2024 oral testimony, because independent analysts have pointed to material differences between the two.

2016 contemporaneous record (summary)

2024 trial testimony (summary)

What to read alongside this

Independent analysts, including contributors to lucyletbyinnocence.com, have highlighted differences between the 2016 and 2024 accounts — location, sequence, who was present, and whether the alarm was sounding. See our Child K evidence page for the clinical context and the Panel’s view that ET-tube dislodgement is routine at 25-week gestation.

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