QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In a statement, Dr Bohin said no complaints about her clinical practice had been upheld. She added: “The past few years have been extremely difficult, both personally and professionally. As an expert witness in a high-profile case such as Lucy Letby’s, you expect scrutiny and challenge.
“I am comfortable with the scrutiny that the role attracts. It is the unrelenting personal vilification and harassment from within the island that has caused me and my family stress and upset. This ultimately led to my decision to retire from my post earlier than I had planned.”
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Cheshire Police has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with further allegations, and it was expected that Dr Bohin would reprise her role as an expert if new charges were brought against Letby. But it is unclear if she would take the stand again following complaints about her conduct, all of which she denies."
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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "In one instance, it was alleged she failed to spot the signs that a baby had a life-threatening cardiac condition, telling a specialist the child was “perfectly healthy” and “showing no symptoms at all”. She later cancelled surgery for the child because she believed the symptoms were caused by a respiratory virus. An inquiry by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found that Dr Bohin and her team should have investigated the symptoms further while an initial General Medical Council (GMC) inquiry said: “The child’s care has clearly not been ideal.” However, it was determined that the team’s actions caused no long-term damage – a conclusion disputed by the parents. Families also claimed they were referred to social services or school attendance officers if they questioned a diagnosis by Dr Bohin."
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STORY: "Doctor who gave evidence against Letby resigns after 28 families complain," by Science Editor Sarah Knapton. published by The Daily Telegraph, on November 18, 2025.
SUB-HEADING: "Dr Sandie Bohin quit as a consultant paediatrician after claiming to have suffered ‘unrelenting vilification and harassment'."
PHOTO CAPTION: "Dr Sandie Bohin, a consultant paediatrician, told the court that babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital had been deliberately harmed."
PHOTO CAPTION: "Dr Bohin’s evidence was deemed instrumental to the prosecution case at Lucy Letby’s trial."
GIST: "A key expert witness in the Lucy Letby case has resigned from her job as a consultant paediatrician, saying she had suffered “unrelenting vilification and harassment”.
Dr Sandie Bohin, who practised on Guernsey, gave evidence that babies had been deliberately harmed at the Countess of Chester Hospital, during Letby’s 10-month trial.
Last week, The Telegraph reported that Dr Bohin would be named in a submission to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) after complaints about her were raised by 28 families on the island.
The CCRC submission questioned her credibility as an expert witness after families in Guernsey claimed she obstructed a referral, failed to listen to parental concerns and reported parents to social services or school attendance officers if they questioned her judgment.
The Medical Specialist Group, which runs health services on Guernsey, said that Dr Bohin had decided to retire early, and had resigned from her position as a consultant paediatrician.
In a statement, Dr Bohin said no complaints about her clinical practice had been upheld. She added: “The past few years have been extremely difficult, both personally and professionally. As an expert witness in a high-profile case such as Lucy Letby’s, you expect scrutiny and challenge.
“I am comfortable with the scrutiny that the role attracts. It is the unrelenting personal vilification and harassment from within the island that has caused me and my family stress and upset. This ultimately led to my decision to retire from my post earlier than I had planned.”
Letby was found guilty of the murders of seven infants and the attempted murders of seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, and jailed for 15 whole life terms.
Cheshire Police has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with further allegations, and it was expected that Dr Bohin would reprise her role as an expert if new charges were brought against Letby.
But it is unclear if she would take the stand again following complaints about her conduct, all of which she denies.
In one instance, it was alleged she failed to spot the signs that a baby had a life-threatening cardiac condition, telling a specialist the child was “perfectly healthy” and “showing no symptoms at all”. She later cancelled surgery for the child because she believed the symptoms were caused by a respiratory virus.
An inquiry by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found that Dr Bohin and her team should have investigated the symptoms further while an initial General Medical Council (GMC) inquiry said: “The child’s care has clearly not been ideal.”
However, it was determined that the team’s actions caused no long-term damage – a conclusion disputed by the parents. Families also claimed they were referred to social services or school attendance officers if they questioned a diagnosis by Dr Bohin.
Dr Bohin told The Telegraph that “recollections may vary” over the incidents and said that many of the “complaints” had not been made formally, or been investigated, so they remain unsubstantiated and unresolved.
She is the second prosecution expert called into question since Letby’s conviction, after the expertise of Dr Dewi Evans was scrutinised by neonatologists.
Dr Steve Evans, chairman of Guernsey’s Medical Specialist Group, said: “‘I was very sad to hear that Sandie was retiring earlier than she had intended. But I understand why she has made that decision.
“The island will lose a highly skilled and caring paediatrician and neonatologist. We urge anyone with concerns to make a complaint so that we can investigate fully and fairly.""
The entire story can be read at:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8b6623550a980f96
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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