Dr. Shoo Lee, a prominent neonatologist, found his academic work from 1989 in the limelight during the trials of British nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering 14 infants. Prosecutors utilized Dr. Lee's research on pulmonary vascular air embolism to claim Letby had injected air into babies' veins. However, Dr. Lee stated that the expert witness misrepresented his findings, asserting that the indicators of air embolism presented in court were not supported by his research. This case highlighted profound issues in interpretation of medical literature within the judicial process, raising important questions about reliance on expert testimony.
What they were claiming was that this baby collapsed and had skin discoloration, therefore that equals air embolism, said Dr. Lee, 68, in an interview in London last month. But, he said, that is not what the research shows.
The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.
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