Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳

Our big review paper on investigative genetic genealogy for FSI Genetics is now out. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Daniel Kling, @sifta and Andreas Tillmar on this. doi.org/10.1016/j.fsig… #geneticgenealogy #forensics #DNA

I've discovered that Dewi Evans was interviewed by Beti George on BBC Radio Cymru in October 2023. The interview is in Welsh. Is a transcription/translation available anywhere? If not can anyone oblige? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #LucyLetby

‘I lost my faith in the justice system. Today, it’s been restored by the Supreme Court’: Supreme Court overturns convictions of city bankers Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo. Report and pix here: thejusticegap.com/todays-a-happy…

Here's a look at the line outside the courthouse in Boise, Idaho, at 5:00 a.m. local time ahead of sentencing for Bryan Kohberger, who accepted a plea deal in the fatal stabbings of four Idaho college students in 2022. More: tinyurl.com/25drkwc4

The Supreme Court is excoriating about the Criminal Appeals process and the Court of Appeal in particular: a minithread:

Part 24 of our Special Report into the Lucy Letby case is now available to download from the Eye website here: private-eye.co.uk/special-report… Part 25 by @drphilhammond is also available to read in the brand new issue of Private Eye which is out now.

Some babies died avoidably at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The evidence that they died of accidental harm appears to be far stronger than the evidence that they died of deliberate harm. And yet the coroner didn’t spot either. Why not? My column in @PrivateEyeNews today.

State of Idaho v. Bryan C. Kohberger⚖️ Sentencing Hearing Begins at 9:00 a.m. MT Wednesday’s hearing is expected to last all day, with time reserved for Thursday, if needed. 📺Watch here on Idaho Fourth District Court YouTube Channel: youtube.com/live/r8TCpSk5y… 📄Plea…

NEW and EXCLUSIVE: Police Chiefs say release of information behind their Lucy Letby 'myth buster' would have 'chilling effect'. neilwilby.com/2025/07/23/pol… @PoliceChiefs @CollegeofPolice @cheshirepolice #FOIA #foi #police #news #LucyLetby

1/3 Honoured to have been invited to speak on @BBCr4today yday to discuss the potential costs (financial & human) of harm in maternity care (as reported in the @guardian over the wknd) & the challenges that services, families, & staff are facing. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… 48:42

I am very honoured to have been elected as a Fellow of the @SocGenealogists along with Angela Buckley, Peter O'Donoghue, Graham Walter and Darris Williams.

Judge Steven Hippler arrived on the #Idaho4 stage and in the public discourse last fall. He instantly factored. His rulings narrowed possible legal defenses for #BryanKohberger at trial, steering the high-profile case toward its hotly-debated plea deal. idahostatesman.com/news/local/cri…

TotheletterDNA, a company set up to perform artefact testing, is shutting down and no longer accepting orders. totheletterdna.com

BREAKING: Texas schedules Oct. 16 execution date for #RobertRoberson. He would become the first person in the U.S. executed based on the widely-discredited “shaken baby” hypothesis. innocenceproject.org/news/breaking-…

New Letby newsletter: what about that judge’s direction that “the jury didn’t need to know the precise method, as long as they were sure”? Is that even possible, in this case? Wasn’t it appealed? h/t @EruthmaEruthmas for the 13 word tl;dr. Link below 👇

The real danger to babies in NHS hospitals is this : 'Analysis of NHS figures shows the potential bill for maternity negligence in England since 2019 has reached £27.4bn – far more than the health service’s roughly £18bn budget for newborns in that time.' theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Jeremy Hunt: “It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.” theguardian.com/society/2025/j…