Don't Blame The British for Past Horrors

 Don't Blame the British Public for Old Colonial Horrors- why it's a mistake.

Responsibility lies at the top - not with regular people.

The empire was about big business. Pure and simple. It created huge wealth and now the collective hangover guilt- especially among our more compassionate voters- is clearly messing up - people being arrested for 'thought crime' is apparently actually happening in the UK (and affecting not the terminally rich and spoiled)

Thought Crime Arrests

It is a tragic and dangerous habit of human beings to mistake the sins of power for the sins of the people. And some injured parties want to see the destruction of the UK as is evident here-

Britain Being Destroyed From Within

When nations inherit the bittero memory of empire, the fury is often directed at those least able to bear it: the ordinary citizens, the neighbour, the single mum, the shopkeeper, the labourer, the soldier who fought and bled without ever once sitting in a cabinet room or signing a trade deal.

People place trust in their leaders. 'Blind trust' a lot of the time- trust that has sometimes been ill deserved -and horribly exploited. 

The history of corruption is not the history of *ordinary* average people.

 It is the history of those silly elites. The effete. Those with lots of money and no common sense- out of touch with their authenitic selves-blinded by guilt but sheilded by their greed and ego- that messes up our world.

Cultivate self awareness and you won't often go wrong.

It is the story of governments, corporations, charities, and institutions who pursued profit and power under the cover of legality and respectability that's at fault.

 And the evidence for this is not speculative—it is written in case law, in court judgments, in criminal convictions.

Consider Britain. The Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful.

 The expenses scandal put MPs in prison.

 The Post Office scandal ruined hundreds of lives because executives denied the truth about their own failed system.

 The High Court has struck down crony contracts—“VIP lanes”—in the awarding of public money. 

These are not fairy tales. They are judicial facts.

Look abroad too. Israeli prime ministers, South Korean presidents, American governors, Italian premiers—convicted of bribery, fraud, and plunder. 

The Philippines saw its president fall to corruption charges. The same pattern repeats itself everywhere. When power is unchecked, it is abused.

Even charities—those most trusted of institutions—have failed.

 Oxfam was found wanting in safeguarding.

 Kids Company collapsed under the weight of its own mismanagement.

 And the pharmaceutical industry, held up as saviour and science incarnate, has been fined billions for hiding data and promoting drugs unlawfully.

So what is the point? The point is this: the enemy is not your neighbour, not the citizen across the street, and not the immigrant who came to work in your town.

 The enemy is corruption at the top. It is the arrogance of leaders who manipulate nations for profit and control.

We must refuse collective blame.

 It is lazy, it is unjust, and it blinds us to the real culprits. The sins of empire were not authored by the people in the fields, the shops, and the factories. 

They were authored by elites who remain, even now, insulated from accountability.

A handful of decent lawyers, activists and journalists fight this- when desperately overworked and stressed.

The remedy is not resentment. It is responsibility. It is sunlight. It is demanding open government, independent audit, real checks and balances. 

It is solidarity with your neighbours and friends- at the level of ordinary life—where most of us want the same things: safety, dignity, honest work, honest leaders.

Liberty is not chaos. It is disciplined resistance to unaccountable power. 

And until we remember that, we will continue to fight each other while those at the top laugh at you and tighten their grip.

'The pen is mightier than the sword' 

How to address the legacy of historical abuses

• Teach accurate history: distinguish between decisions of ruling elites and the lives of ordinary citizens.

• Build cross-cultural solidarity: recognise that working people everywhere share more in common with each other than with those who ruled them.

• Demand transparency: open records, archives, and inquiries into past abuses rather than burying them.

• Promote restitution through practical means: investment in education, healthcare, and trade built on fairness rather than exploitation.

• Reject collective guilt: no one should inherit blame for crimes they did not commit.

• Focus on present accountability: stop repeating the same patterns of cronyism, secrecy, and power-hoarding today.

Concrete corruption case law and convictions (examples only)

• Miller v Prime Minister (2019, UK Supreme Court): prorogation of Parliament unlawful.

• R v Chaytor (2010, UK Supreme Court): MPs jailed for expenses fraud.

• Bates v Post Office (2019, High Court): Horizon IT system unreliable, Post Office conduct condemned.

• Good Law Project v Minister for the Cabinet Office (2021, High Court): contract award unlawful.

• Good Law Project & EveryDoctor v Secretary of State for Health (2022, High Court): VIP lane for PPE unlawful.

Elsewhere

• Israel: PM Ehud Olmert convicted of bribery (2014).

• South Korea: President Park Geun-hye convicted and sentenced for corruption (2017, upheld 2021).

• Philippines: President Joseph Estrada convicted of plunder (2007).

• USA: Governor Rod Blagojevich convicted on multiple corruption counts.

• Italy: Tangentopoli / Mani Pulite investigations; ex-PM Bettino Craxi convicted in absentia

Corporate/Charities

• Oxfam GB: safeguarding failures confirmed by regulator.

• Kids Company: collapse due to governance failings, scrutinised by courts.

• Pfizer: $2.3bn settlement for illegal promotion (2009).

• GlaxoSmithKline: $3bn settlement for unlawful promotion and hiding safety data (2012).

Closing note- remedy

The remedy is not resentment. It is responsibility. It is sunlight- or umbrellas if in the UK...

 It is demanding open government, independent audit, real checks and balances.

 It is friendship at the level of ordinary life—where most of us want the same things: safety, dignity, honest work, honest leaders.

Liberty is not chaos. It is disciplined resistance to unaccountable power. 

And until we remember that, we will continue to fight each other while those at the top laugh and tighten their grip.

What you can do- support your neighbours, support small business- demand transparency- demand accountablity (in the most pleasant way you can) and above all- educate people.

Transparency and Anti-Corruption

◇Global Witness◇–investigations and campaigning regarding the climate crisis profits

Global Witness 

◇OpenDemocracy◇ (UK investigative journalism) –

https://opendemocracy.net 

◇Centre for Public Integrity◇- non partisan non profit news org 

Centre for Public Integrity

 

◇Transparency International◇ - global movement to end corrupt practice

Transparency International

Civil Liberties and Accountability

◇Liberty◇ (UK human rights org) –

Liberty Human Rights UK

◇Good Law Project◇ resists hate to bring justice and free speech

–The Good Law Project

◇Open Rights Group ◇–rights to privacy and free speech

 Open Rights Group

◇Free Speech Union◇

 - Free Speech Union- promotion

 

◇Whistleblowing International◇ - defending and support

Whistleblowing International

◇Protect◇

 https://protect-advice.org.uk/history

Watchdogs on Global Power

 ◇Human Rights Watch◇ –

 Human Rights Watch- legal advice

◇Amnesty International◇- legal & political

Amnesty International

Those are the sorts of organisations that align with our messages- plus you can write to your MP online easily here

 ◇writetothem◇

Contact a politician online

Tip: Use the 'Tor' browser- Tor Browser (not 'dark web') to see best anonymous search results- top business hogs the top of Google, Bing and others- burying the good stuff.

Liz Lucy Robillard Contact

Lucy Letby - New Evidence, July 2025- Reasons for A Precedent

*Please note:  This post has taken approx 3 hours with ai assistance. 

I was involved in setting a legal precedent once. We overturned a tribunals' decision to get a new hearing where we won- making legal history- details on request. 

Judges at the CCRC must certainly be considering such a precedent with a view to releasing Lucy Letby based on new evidence. If not is the CCRC doing a disservice? 

 If they're not positive about Letby right now at this date- 14th July 2025- that's reasonable doubt and evidence of unreasonable, unjust detention that is garnering global attention.

 New charges may be brought by police. 

Have they considered all the points we've made? 

 Or will they be more ad hominem and not facts?

(Even soft toy collections have been used to condemn Lucy. I don't think numerous toy collectors in the UK- including  British Royals (Queen Mary was obsessive according to reports) would approve of that)

Suspicion Becomes Narrative: Miscarriage Risk in the Lucy Letby Case- discussion of justice system failure, and public bias.

I am here to assert, with reasoned confidence, that her conviction in 2023 was not founded on forensic truth but on narrative logic, aesthetic profiling (veracity of- coming soon), and systemic pressure. 

In 2025, newly reviewed evidence and expert analysis show that the original case was constructed through omission, emotional projection, and institutional deflection.

1. Facebook Searches Without Context

Letby was condemned for searching Facebook profiles of bereaved parents. The prosecution claimed this demonstrated macabre curiosity. However, no comparative search data was presented:

Did she also search parents of babies who survived?

Did other nurses do the same?

Was this a grieving or trauma-coping behaviour?

Selective presentation of only searches of deceased babies’ families created an illusion of intent, but without a control dataset, the action cannot be interpreted as sinister. This is a textbook case of confirmation bias.

2. Aesthetic Profiling: Teddy Bears, Decor, and Wall Quotes

Letby’s bedroom contained teddy bears, fairy lights, and motivational quotes. These items were used in media and Reddit forums as signals of infantilism or psychological abnormality. The prosecution even introduced photographs of her decor to the jury.

Soft toys

Such items are common among young women, healthcare workers, and people who deal with emotional burnout. The presence of comfort objects is not unusual and has zero evidentiary value. Using them to shape moral disgust is prejudicial.

3. Her Mother’s Colloquialism Twisted

Letby’s mother reportedly said, “I could cry that Lucy might be home for Christmas.” This was portrayed in Reddit and commentary as overly emotional or strange.

In reality, it’s a very common British idiom for emotional relief among the middle classes. To weaponise a grieving parent’s colloquial phrase is both cruel and meaningless.

4. Absence of a Control Group and Statistical Manipulation

The prosecution used a chart showing Letby was on shift during multiple collapses. But no control group was shown. The jury never saw:

Whether other nurses had similar statistical patterns

Whether the events clustered around certain high-risk shifts, not people

Whether the babies in question had higher risk profiles

According to Professor Richard Gill, the statistical argument used was “worse than meaningless.” He noted that chance clusters are common in medicine and that the hospital's internal issues — understaffing, infections, lack of consultant coverage — were ignored.

See Gill's paper: “The Statistics of the Lucy Letby Case”, 2024.

5. 2025 Medical Expert Panel: No Proof of Murder

In early 2025, a panel of 14 international neonatologists and paediatric forensic specialists published a consensus review of the case. Their conclusion:

No forensic evidence of air embolism

No confirmed insulin source without contamination risk

No consistent or reproducible injury patterns across infants

Multiple deaths likely due to underlying conditions or systemic failures

This panel included Dr. Shoo Lee (Canada), Dr. Peter Flemming (UK), and Dr. Jennifer A. Clark (USA), all of whom emphasised that no single mechanism of harm was reliably established.

6. Disclosure Failures by the CQC

The Care Quality Commission failed to disclose *over 4,000 relevant documents* until just weeks before witness hearings.

 These included:

Reports of pseudomonas contamination

Complaints about staffing levels

Infection outbreak logs

Emails warning about equipment malfunctions

This late disclosure violates principles of fair trial and mirrors past miscarriages such as Sally Clark, where medical records were withheld.

7. Post-it Notes Misused as Confession

Letby’s handwritten note saying “I am evil, I did this” was widely circulated. It was presented as a confession.

However:

The note was undated and surrounded by conflicting self-statements (“I am not good enough,” “I only ever wanted to help”)

*Multiple* forensic psychologists have commented that the note is consistent with dissociative breakdowns and mental collapse under extreme stress

Professor David Canter, a leading figure in investigative psychology, has observed that similar expressions are not uncommon among wrongly accused individuals experiencing psychological disintegration under pressure

Comparable writings have appeared in known wrongful conviction cases, including Andrew Evans (1972)

8. Swipe Card Data Was Mislabelled

In 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service admitted swipe card data used in trial was incorrectly logged, with entry and exit timestamps reversed in multiple cases. This affected the timeline of at least nine children, including Child K, where Letby was said to have been present when she may have already left the ward.

Timeline evidence should be considered foundational. Its unreliability invalidates key events.

9. No CCTV Footage Presented

Despite cameras being present in the neonatal unit, no CCTV footage was entered into evidence. It remains unexplained why this footage was not retrieved or used to confirm timelines. This is a critical omission.

10. Legal Precedents of Miscarriage of Justice and Overturned Convictions Based on New Evidence

Letby’s conviction reflects features seen in past UK miscarriages of justice, including cases later overturned due to newly uncovered or previously suppressed evidence:

Sally Clark (1999–2003): Convicted of killing her two sons. Released after medical evidence and expert testimony were discredited; key pathology records had been withheld.

Angela Cannings (2002–2003): Freed after new scientific understanding of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and unreliable expert witness testimony.

Donna Anthony (1998–2005): Convicted of murdering two babies, exonerated when forensic pathology was discredited.

Victor Nealon (1996–2013): Spent 17 years in prison; conviction overturned when DNA evidence not tested at trial excluded him.

Andrew Malkinson (2004–2023): Released after 20 years when DNA evidence from another suspect was confirmed and police misconduct in suppressing forensic results was exposed.

Sam Hallam (2005–2012): Convicted of murder based on flawed eyewitness testimony; released when CCTV and phone records proved he could not have been present.

Barry George (2001–2008): Convicted of murdering Jill Dando. Released after fresh ballistic and psychological evidence revealed fundamental flaws in the original conviction.

All of these cases share features now identifiable in the Letby trial: reliance on subjective inference, failure to disclose key evidence, and use of flawed expert testimony.

11. Groupthink and Institutional Self-Protection

When deaths increased, the Countess of Chester Hospital came under scrutiny. Blaming one individual — rather than addressing internal problems — allowed the trust, and later the police and government, to deflect responsibility.

This created a closed narrative:

Internal dissent was silenced

Nonconforming staff were reassigned or ignored

Media fuelled the story rather than challenging it

Groupthink took over. As Irving Janis described in his foundational work on the subject, groupthink thrives when fear, urgency, and institutional preservation override rational dissent.

12. Baby K, Dr. Jayaram, and Post-Mortem Contradictions

A 2025 post from public discussion forums highlighted that Baby K’s post-mortem indicated death from an underlying heart condition. It was also noted that Dr. Jayaram did not tell the coroner at the time about the incident involving Letby allegedly dislodging the endotracheal tube.

 His *delayed reporting* raises serious questions about the reliability of the timeline and narrative around that incident.

The public is right to question: can a nurse be jailed for attempted murder in a case where the baby later died of natural causes, and where key medical testimony shifted after the fact?

13. Stuart Gilham Video: “Slandered Nurse?”

In 2025, medical researcher Stuart Gilham released a widely circulated analysis video titled “Lucy Letby – Spectral Boogiewoman or Slandered Nurse?” The video dismantled the prosecution’s timeline using diagrams, consultant witness contradictions, and missing data flags. Gilham raised concerns about how Letby’s silence and personality were weaponised to imply guilt without forensic correlation.

The video has become a cornerstone in public understanding of how flawed this case may be.

14. The 2025 Data Dismantles the Case

No clear or consistent mechanism of death

No coherent timeline

Key data mislabelled or withheld

No pattern of behaviour that stands up to comparison

A post-it note framed as a confession when it matches the profile of emotional collapse-of which she was aware- she had therapy.

Credible expert reviews find no basis for murder

This is not a speculative appeal — the Lucy Letby case is currently under active review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). This review follows a growing international consensus in 2025 that serious factual, procedural, and evidentiary errors infected the original trial.

The volume of newly surfaced disclosures, expert analyses, and systemic contradictions now demands more than media silence or political shielding.

 This is a legal emergency.

Here are citations to UK legal cases where convictions were overturned due to new or suppressed evidence. Each includes the legal reference or appeal court name, year, and the reason why the ruling was overturned. 

1. R v Sally Clark [2003] EWCA Crim 1020

Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Reason for Overturning: Discovery that key pathology evidence was withheld and flawed expert testimony (Sir Roy Meadow) was used at trial.

Quote: “The evidence of Professor Meadow was gravely misleading.”

Link: BAILII citation

2. R v Angela Cannings [2004] EWCA Crim 01

Court: Court of Appeal

Reason: Doubt cast on conviction due to developing scientific understanding of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and flawed assumptions of repeated infant deaths implying guilt.

Quote: “Where expert opinion is not properly founded in science, it is not admissible.”

See Cannings judgment summary

3. R v Donna Anthony [2005] EWCA Crim (unreported)

Court: Appeal heard after wrongful conviction linked to Roy Meadow’s discredited evidence.

Outcome: Conviction quashed after scientific reviews and new expert opinion showed natural causes were plausible.

Media ref: BBC News: “Donna Anthony cleared of murdering her children” – April 2005

4. R v Victor Nealon [2013] EWCA Crim 188

Court: Court of Appeal

Reason: DNA evidence from the crime scene — not tested at trial — excluded Nealon and matched an unknown male.

Quote: “The evidence undermines the safety of the conviction.”

See Nealon case summary via Justice Gap

5. R v Andrew Malkinson [2023] EWCA Crim 1111

Court: Court of Appeal

Reason: New DNA evidence and police disclosure failures, including the suppression of forensic doubts.

Quote: “This was a conviction based on an unsafe narrative unsupported by modern forensic methods.”

6. R v Sam Hallam [2012] EWCA Crim 1158

Court: Court of Appeal

Reason: Unsafe conviction due to flawed eyewitness evidence, lack of supporting CCTV or phone location evidence.

Quote: “The case against Hallam was weak from the outset.”

7. R v Barry George [2007] EWCA Crim 2722

Court: Court of Appeal

Reason: Key forensic evidence ruled unreliable; psychological profiling shown to be prejudicial.

Quote: “The evidence was too tenuous to support the conviction.”

For another article discussing Prof.Andy Bilsons assertions on this type of FII profiling -

https://medium.com/@lizlucy1958/when-behaviour-is-misread-lucy-letbys-conviction-is-unsafe-evidently-64b1d6c99dce

contact me at lizlucyrobillard.crd.co

liz lucy robillard on lucy letby 2025

British bloody justice

Prompt to chatgpt: 'The British are prone to witchhunts, is this part of a bigger problem, does it involve old school patriarchy and misguided, mistaken collusion that ignores or deliberately misinterprets evidence? Is it almost all ad hominem?'

The tendency toward witch hunts, both historically and in some modern contexts, can often be rooted in complex social dynamics, including patriarchy, power structures, and fear-driven groupthink. 

In historical cases like the witch hunts in Britain (and other parts of Europe), many of the issues were linked to social, religious, and political fears. Women, especially those who were independent, unconventional, or who could not conform to societal norms, were often the targets, reflecting patriarchal structures that sought to control and marginalize women.

The social dynamics of witch hunts also involved the misuse of authority, [misfeasance] ignorance, and a lack of critical thinking. 

Ad hominem attacks—dismissing or attacking individuals rather than addressing the substance of their arguments—often played a significant role in these events, as people were accused based on personal grievances, superstition, or other irrational reasons.

In modern contexts, some argue that certain types of social or political "witch hunts" are driven by a combination of old biases, emotional responses, and a tendency to scapegoat individuals or groups. When evidence is ignored or manipulated, it may suggest a deep-rooted issue of collective denial, emotionality overriding reason, and sometimes even a desire to maintain control by certain power structures.

In short, while witch hunts can be seen as stemming from old-school patriarchal and fear-based tendencies, they also point to a broader issue of how societies can become fixated on certain narratives, dismiss contrary evidence, and attack individuals instead of addressing the underlying issues.

Chatgpt and Liz Lucy Robillard April 15, 2025