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A former Conservative cabinet minister has claimed that the late British tech mogul Mike Lynch expressed concern about the conviction of murdered nurse Lucy Letby and was considering funding a British “Innocence Project”.
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis, who lost the Conservative leadership race to David Cameron, said the billionaire yachtsman was prepared to investigate the murdered nurse.
Lucy Letby was convicted of the murder of six children and the attempted murder of seven others, including two attempted murders of one of the children at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
He received 15 life sentences after being found guilty at Manchester Crown Court.
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis has said British billionaire Mike Lynch was prepared to support convicted murderer Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing children in her care in Chester.
Davies said Lynch, pictured here with his daughter Hannah, believed the prosecution’s case against Letby was weak.
Letby was found guilty of murder and attempted murder by a jury at Manchester Crown Court.
This is written Sunday’s weatherDavies said Lynch, who has been successful in a decade-long battle against US prosecutors, said: “She raised the case for the Lucy Letby trial as one that had already caught her attention.” Mike was a world-class expert in probability theory and saw first-hand the statistical weaknesses underlying the case against Letby.
Davies said the billionaire, who died last week when his yacht capsized in a freak weather event, said the tech entrepreneur was willing to pursue miscarriages of justice after his experience dealing with US federal authorities.
Lynch is accused of defrauding US technology giant Hewlett Packard during the sale of his company Autonomy.
British authorities approved Lynch’s extradition to the United States, where federal prosecutors offered him a plea deal.
Davies said: “Mike Lynch’s tragic death marks the end of an incredible life and the loss of a man whose name has become synonymous with the fight against the injustice of the UK-US extradition treaty.”
Davies said the US-British extradition deal was unfair. He said Lynch should have been tried in London rather than the US.
He said US authorities would prosecute UK citizens not for the sake of prosecuting them, but to support the interests of US corporations.
He said: ‘In Mike’s case, the highly politicised US judicial system acted as an arm of US business, in this case Hewlett-Packard. The US case was so flimsy that a US jury dismissed all 15 charges and an initially hostile judge reversed his position.’
Family friends of Mike and Hannah Lynch said father and daughter were part of a “close-knit, vibrant and loving family”, with the teenager remembered as a “diamond in a sea of stars” and the tech mogul as a brilliant storyteller.
The couple were among seven people who died after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday.
Lynch was the founder of software giant Autonomy and in June was acquitted of massive fraud in connection with the $11 billion sale to US firm Hewlett Packard.
He died when the Bayesian ship capsized off the coast of Sicily in bad weather on Monday
Lynch was the founder of software giant Autonomy and in June was acquitted of massive fraud in connection with its $11 billion sale to US firm Hewlett Packard.
His daughter Hannah had recently completed her A levels and was due to attend Oxford University.
Bayesian chief stewardess Sasha Murray said: “Those who knew her will know that Hannah was a diamond in a sea of stars. Sparkling, beautiful and always shining.
‘What most people don’t see is the incredibly strong, deep and loving relationship he had with his parents, whom he loved more than anything.
‘When I was swimming with them, I used to say that if anything happened, I would save them.
“I have no doubt that the Irish and Latin fire burning in his soul is alive with joyful determination.”
It is understood Ms Murray was rescued after the yacht disaster earlier this week.
