Parents of baby killed by Lucy Letby fear hospital boss's early retirement is 'get out of jail free card'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former boss at the hospital where Lucy Letby killed seven babies has 'a get out of jailfree card' after retiring to the South of France with a £1.8million pension, the parents of one of her victims fear.
They want to see ex-medical director Ian Harvey questioned over claims that he could have stopped Letby’s killing spree sooner if he had acted on warnings from senior doctors, The Mirror reports.
The parents – who have not been named – said: "Retiring should not be a get-out-of-jail-free card to distance himself from his failures to act.
It appears he has left the sinking ship with the buoyancy aid of a large NHS pension. "This is why we fully support a statutory public inquiry, so we can get the answers we deserve." Mr Harvey, 65, earned up to £175,000 at Countess of Chester Hospital, where Letby murdered seven babies on the neonatal unit. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. He took early retirement in 2018, shortly after her arrest, and has been accused by senior consultants of failing to act on fears over the nurse – now Britain’s worst serial child killer.
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