The Court of Appeal has refused Lucy Letby's bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl. The convicted serial killer's lawyers asked three senior judges if she could appeal her most recent conviction for attempting to kill a newborn, following a retrial. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We do not accept the applicant's argument.
00:04The outcome of the first trial undoubtedly led to an unusually large amount of publicity and online debate.
00:12That is because, on its facts, the case was extraordinary.
00:18Simply because the extent of the publicity was much greater than would normally be the case,
00:23of itself did not generate prejudice.