Lucy Letby, wacce aka ce ta kasa da larura a Burtaniya da aka yanke hukunci a mata da laifin kashe yara, ta sha kashi a ranar Alhamis yayin da ta nemi kotu ta amincewa da koranta da laifin yunkurin kashe yarinyar kasa da wata biyu. Wannan ci gaba ya faru ne a lokacin da akwai wasu shakku game da adalci a zaben kotun nata.
A shekara 34, Letby an same ta da laifin kashe yara bakwai da kuma yunkurin kashe bakwai a lokacin aikinta a sashen kasa da larura na Countess of Chester Hospital, wanda ke arewa maso yammacin Ingila. Haka ta zama mace mafi shahara da ta kashe yara a tarihin Burtaniya na zamani.
A baya-bayan shekarar, Letby kuma an same ta da laifin yunkurin kashe yarinyar kasa da wata biyu a wani zabi na biyu, bayan da juri na farko bai iya kawo hukunci ba game da zargin cewa ta yi yunkurin kashe yarinyar kasa da wata biyu ta hanyar cirewa na’urar numfashi.
A lokacin da aka gudanar da shari’ar a Manchester Crown Court, alkalin shari’a Nick Johnson ya bayyana cewa kasa da sa’a daya bayan haihuwar yarinyar, wani likita na babban jami’a ya gano cewa na’urar numfashi ta yarinyar ta zubewa, inda Letby ta kasance a wurin, tana ‘ba ta yi komai’.
A lokacin da aka gudanar da shari’ar korar Letby a London’s Court of Appeal, lauyaninta Benjamin Myers ya ce ta na ci gaba da cewa ta ba ta kashe yaran. Ya ce zaben na biyu ya wakilci kuskuren shari’a, yana zargin cewa yawan rahotannin kafofin watsa labarai da suka hama zaben nata sun hana ta samun shari’a daidai, tare da ‘tsananin kiyayya’ da aka nuna mata, tare da bayanan da Crown Prosecution Service da ‘yan sanda suka bayar.
Myers ya nuna shakku game da ikon juri kada su taɓa tasirin rahotannin da aka yi. ‘Babu wata hanyar da zai iya kawar da tasirin rahotannin da aka yi da kiyayya,’ in ya ce.
Alkali William Davis ya ki amincewa da neman korar Letby. Letby ta shiga cikin shari’ar ta hanyar hulɗa ta video daga kurkukun ta, tana riƙe tsananin hali yayin da alkali ya bayyana hujjar kotu ta kasa da ta ki amincewa da korarta.
Davis ya ce, ‘Zaben na shari’ar ta na da yawan rahotannin kafofin watsa labarai da suka yi, wanda ya dogara ne ga halin da ake ciki na shari’ar ta.’
Korar da Letby ta yi na farko a watan Mayu ta kuma an ki amincewa da ita. Ta zai iya ƙalubalantar zaben ta na farko idan Criminal Cases Review Commission ta yanke shawarar kawo su kotu ta amincewa da korar ta.
Tun bayan shari’o’in, shari’ar Letby ta jawo hankalin manya, musamman bayan suka yi suka game da shaidar likita da kididdiga da alkalin shari’a ya gabatar. Kafofin watsa labarai da dama sun nuna shakku game da yiwuwar kuskuren shari’a, yayin da bincike na jama’a kan laifuffukan ta har yanzu yana gudana…
