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Notes to editors Pascale Jones is a Senior Crown Prosecutor with CPS Mersey-Cheshire and is the reviewing lawyer in this case. Graham Siggs is the paralegal officer in this case. Lucy Letby’s DOB is 4 ...

Introduction The context for this work How we make our charging decisions The research methodology The research findings Table: Charge Rates by suspect’s ethnicity The limitations of this research ...

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