Richard Gill
@gill1109.bsky.social
Emeritus professor of mathematical statistics at Leiden University. British and Dutch nationalities. Research interests: forensic science, quantum information, miscarriages of justice. Other hobbies: foraging for edible mushrooms, and much more besides.
I am related to Francis Galton geni.com/03l_Kv
Richard Gill is related to Francis Galton
Francis Galton is Richard Gill's 11th cousin five times removed!
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May 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am related to Francis Galton geni.com/03l_Kv
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A new short film from me - Lucy Letby and the Witch Hunt Machine.
The official inquiry into Lucy Letby was set up to learn lessons. Is it looking in the right places?
Contains new interviews with @gill1109.bsky.social and Private Eye's MD Phil Hammond.
youtu.be/nNl1kNysKgw
The official inquiry into Lucy Letby was set up to learn lessons. Is it looking in the right places?
Contains new interviews with @gill1109.bsky.social and Private Eye's MD Phil Hammond.
youtu.be/nNl1kNysKgw
Lucy Letby and the Witch Hunt Machine
YouTube video by Lucy Letby Films
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April 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A new short film from me - Lucy Letby and the Witch Hunt Machine.
The official inquiry into Lucy Letby was set up to learn lessons. Is it looking in the right places?
Contains new interviews with @gill1109.bsky.social and Private Eye's MD Phil Hammond.
youtu.be/nNl1kNysKgw
The official inquiry into Lucy Letby was set up to learn lessons. Is it looking in the right places?
Contains new interviews with @gill1109.bsky.social and Private Eye's MD Phil Hammond.
youtu.be/nNl1kNysKgw
Richard Gill
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March 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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When reading the literature on the Two-Envelope "Paradox" I got annoyed by how much confusion is created by treating probabilities very informally. Glad to see that my former maths teacher @gill1109.bsky.social agrees! (doi.org/10.1111/anzs...)
February 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
When reading the literature on the Two-Envelope "Paradox" I got annoyed by how much confusion is created by treating probabilities very informally. Glad to see that my former maths teacher @gill1109.bsky.social agrees! (doi.org/10.1111/anzs...)
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This is absolutely spot on.
But so, equally, is the converse: anyone who (rightly) supports Palestine, but not Ukraine, cannot and should not be taken seriously.
But so, equally, is the converse: anyone who (rightly) supports Palestine, but not Ukraine, cannot and should not be taken seriously.
March 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is absolutely spot on.
But so, equally, is the converse: anyone who (rightly) supports Palestine, but not Ukraine, cannot and should not be taken seriously.
But so, equally, is the converse: anyone who (rightly) supports Palestine, but not Ukraine, cannot and should not be taken seriously.
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We need to salute courage wherever it appears.
The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change.
Her report was pulled down
kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...
The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change.
Her report was pulled down
kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...
Good Trouble: JD Vance Chastised by Vermont Snow Reporter
JD Vance, fresh off of helping his boss ambush & insult a foreign leader in the White House yesterday afternoon, is on vacation in
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March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We need to salute courage wherever it appears.
The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change.
Her report was pulled down
kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...
The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change.
Her report was pulled down
kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...
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Hanging Judge Goss the reason #lucyletby was found guilty, the witch finder General in a Spanish inquisition inspired trial. No way was Lucy escaping the hangman's noose. He allowed Lucy to be denigrated and pilloried by the prosecution without a shred of evidence. Appalling miscarriage of justice.
February 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hanging Judge Goss the reason #lucyletby was found guilty, the witch finder General in a Spanish inquisition inspired trial. No way was Lucy escaping the hangman's noose. He allowed Lucy to be denigrated and pilloried by the prosecution without a shred of evidence. Appalling miscarriage of justice.
youtu.be/hERUOjjPO4c Thoughts from the churchyard on the #LucyLetby case. Triage. TTTS. Witchhunt.
February 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
youtu.be/hERUOjjPO4c Thoughts from the churchyard on the #LucyLetby case. Triage. TTTS. Witchhunt.
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social The Lucy Letby spike stopped immediately when the unit was demoted to Level 1, number of beds reduced, & 2 ward rounds a day instead of per week. They went on to fix the plumbing and to hire a neonatologist… (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social The Lucy Letby spike stopped immediately when the unit was demoted to Level 1, number of beds reduced, & 2 ward rounds a day instead of per week. They went on to fix the plumbing and to hire a neonatologist… (1/2)
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And there it is - the police determined an event to be suspicious if it Lucy Letby was on duty. Anything bad on any other shift was ignored.
Lucy was the member of staff working the most with the sickest babies.
The CPS blocked any statistical analysis. I wonder why. @gill1109.bsky.social
Lucy was the member of staff working the most with the sickest babies.
The CPS blocked any statistical analysis. I wonder why. @gill1109.bsky.social
![Following contact with Cheshire Police in Summer 2018, a review of case notes was undertaken for both periods when Letby worked at LWH. The process that was followed is outlined below (data relates to both time periods, 2012 and 2015).
In order to review any potential suspicious events at LWH a review was undertaken. Ali incidents reported in the incident reporting system that included the name LL were examined. All deaths occurring on the days when LL was on duty were reviewed. The electronic patient record system (Badger system) was searched to identify any note
entries made by LL. She had contact with 33 babies on a total of 324 patient days. Each of these days of care was reviewed by a neonatal consultant to identify any unusual or suspicious deterioration in the patient's condition. In addition, all babies who were on the neonatal unit on the days when LL was on duty were identified using the Badger system. Each of these days of care were reviewed by a neonatal
consultant to identify unexpected cr unexplained deterioration in clinical condition. There were 257 babies on the unit during those days with 1,308 days of care requiring review [INQ017472]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2s6ncr2yen3l4chkrbqkp6h5/bafkreibt4r6w3erqnvsc5tucbcjq4yhvupmvukientzeagt2wsolum5nhe@jpeg)
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
And there it is - the police determined an event to be suspicious if it Lucy Letby was on duty. Anything bad on any other shift was ignored.
Lucy was the member of staff working the most with the sickest babies.
The CPS blocked any statistical analysis. I wonder why. @gill1109.bsky.social
Lucy was the member of staff working the most with the sickest babies.
The CPS blocked any statistical analysis. I wonder why. @gill1109.bsky.social
Who wrote the medical records used to convict Lucy Letby? In some instances, consultants who were already blaming Lucy for earlier deaths … in particular, guess who. circularityandbias.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/w...
Which records was he looking at?
Dr Evans’s evidence does not fit the medical notes In my first blog on the subject, I was not completely adamant of Lucy Letby’s innocence. I conceded that if Dewi Evans’s medical…
circularityandbias.wordpress.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Who wrote the medical records used to convict Lucy Letby? In some instances, consultants who were already blaming Lucy for earlier deaths … in particular, guess who. circularityandbias.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/w...
Another NHS cover up years ago in Swansea … and Dewi Evans involved. Brilliant journalism by John Sweeney and colleagues. youtu.be/QSTQ4pwt9zM
Episode 7: Unreliable Witness?
YouTube video by John Sweeneyroar
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December 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Another NHS cover up years ago in Swansea … and Dewi Evans involved. Brilliant journalism by John Sweeney and colleagues. youtu.be/QSTQ4pwt9zM
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Absolutely, nobody behaves the way she did unless innocently.
December 9, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Absolutely, nobody behaves the way she did unless innocently.
Thoughts on the 16 December press conference by Mark McDonald youtu.be/RpYgEjep1oY Brilliant move! In cases like #LucyLetby impossible to find evidence, new in the legal sense. But erasure of existing evidence is also “new evidence”. Dewi Evans cancelled. Goss made a mistake allowing him to testify
Thoughts on the 16 December press conference by Mark McDonald
YouTube video by Richard Gill
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December 17, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Thoughts on the 16 December press conference by Mark McDonald youtu.be/RpYgEjep1oY Brilliant move! In cases like #LucyLetby impossible to find evidence, new in the legal sense. But erasure of existing evidence is also “new evidence”. Dewi Evans cancelled. Goss made a mistake allowing him to testify
Conversation with Mark Mayes on the Lucy Letby case. youtu.be/ykhtDWDefqU #lucyletby
#LucyLetby A discussion with Professor Richard Gill, on 15th Dec 2024. #LucyLetbyInnocent
YouTube video by Mark Mayes
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December 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Conversation with Mark Mayes on the Lucy Letby case. youtu.be/ykhtDWDefqU #lucyletby
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🦋 ‘X’ turns dark, and the Sky turns Blue
The move from X to Bluesky – a lesson on how progressives can take back control
By Lisa Burton
@lisaburton.bsky.social
The move from X to Bluesky – a lesson on how progressives can take back control
By Lisa Burton
@lisaburton.bsky.social
'X' turns dark, and the Sky turns Blue
The move from X to Bluesky – a lesson on how progressives can take back control
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
🦋 ‘X’ turns dark, and the Sky turns Blue
The move from X to Bluesky – a lesson on how progressives can take back control
By Lisa Burton
@lisaburton.bsky.social
The move from X to Bluesky – a lesson on how progressives can take back control
By Lisa Burton
@lisaburton.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2024... Maybe a hundred million coming up when the truth about #lucyletby is accepted
NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report
Experts from Imperial College London cite ‘alarming declines’ in 12 key metrics of patient safety
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:48 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2024... Maybe a hundred million coming up when the truth about #lucyletby is accepted
I decided it was time to find out if this year’s sloe gin was a success. Answer:yes. Amazing aroma of … almonds. Colour not as deep as I’d expected.
December 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I decided it was time to find out if this year’s sloe gin was a success. Answer:yes. Amazing aroma of … almonds. Colour not as deep as I’d expected.
Brilliant video. youtu.be/clvuNWxIKjQ “In the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal, will Lucy Letby be revealed as the latest victim of a miscarriage of justice? A look at three biases that lie at the heart of both cases.”
Lucy Letby: A Criminal Injustice System
YouTube video by Lucy Letby Films
youtu.be
December 10, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Brilliant video. youtu.be/clvuNWxIKjQ “In the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal, will Lucy Letby be revealed as the latest victim of a miscarriage of justice? A look at three biases that lie at the heart of both cases.”
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Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
Amanda Heidt writes Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
Amanda Heidt writes Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
Amanda Heidt writes Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
Amanda Heidt writes Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social If you believe Lucy Letby is a killer, it is impossible to understand her character. It does not make any sense. But if you believe she could be innocent, her personality and all the evidence makes perfect sense. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Unmasking Lucy Letby by Jonathan Coffey and Judith Moritz review – reasonable doubt
A forensic study of the Lucy Letby case leaves many questions unanswered
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:49 AM
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social If you believe Lucy Letby is a killer, it is impossible to understand her character. It does not make any sense. But if you believe she could be innocent, her personality and all the evidence makes perfect sense. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Astonishing paper from John O'Quigley on how the misuse of statistics invents serial killer nurses. A rigorous statistical analysis reveals Lucy Letby was suspected because of her overtime. "Put in more hours than anyone else and you may end up in prison for the rest of your life".
osf.io/nk9da Logical & statistical errors in investigation & prosecution of suspected serial killer nurses, by John O’Quigley, Honorary Professor, University College London, Dept Statistical Science. Lucy Letby, Lucia de Berk, Daniela Poggiali. History just keep on keeps repeating itself
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December 9, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Astonishing paper from John O'Quigley on how the misuse of statistics invents serial killer nurses. A rigorous statistical analysis reveals Lucy Letby was suspected because of her overtime. "Put in more hours than anyone else and you may end up in prison for the rest of your life".