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A solicitor representing the families of six victims of Lucy Letby said speculation astir the information of the nurse's condemnation was "upsetting" for each of her clients.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Tamlin Bolton said: "I can't accent capable however upsetting that has been for each of the families that I represent."
Letby was jailed for the remainder of her beingness for the execution of 7 babies and the attempted execution of 7 others astatine the Countess of Chester hospital.
An enquiry into however Letby was capable to perpetrate her crimes is acceptable to statesman connected Tuesday.
Ms Bolton said the families wanted to "make definite they enactment their dependable across," but added that they were "restricted by wanting to support themselves confidential and private".
"So it's a truly hard situation for them to effort and debar societal media, debar the reporting astir it."
Ms Bolton said it was distressing for kid relatives of Letby's victims to spot the speculation online.
The solicitor aboriginal told BBC Radio 4: "The families are devastated by the reporting astatine the moment. It is the families that are going done this, continuing to spell done this successful its enormity and sincerity.
"They are the ones inactive raising children now, who volition person to explicate to them 1 time precisely what happened to them arsenic children oregon their siblings connected that unit.
"If you are going to springiness an adept sentiment connected thing and clasp yourself retired arsenic an expert, it's truly important that you person each of the accusation earlier you marque that declaration oregon you springiness that opinion.
"Because thing other extracurricular of that is simply speculation and it would beryllium unfortunate to autumn prey to the aforesaid trap that you are being captious of erstwhile you notation the jury's determination and the determination of the Court of Appeal."
Ms Bolton besides said said her clients felt determination were "still gaps" successful their knowing of what happened.
She said: "The work of candour betwixt the infirmary and the parents is 1 of the cardinal issues of the [Lucy Letby] inquiry: however they were told astir what had happened to their children, erstwhile they were told and erstwhile they should person been informed.
"For a fig of the parents, they weren't adjacent alert that their children had suffered immoderate benignant of collapses oregon incidents connected that portion until they were contacted by the police.
"So it's truly important that that's made wide to them and they tin spot the afloat picture, the afloat communicative of what happened, peculiarly fixed what we'd heard successful the property pursuing the transgression proceedings astir the consultants' efforts to effort and rise their concerns astir Letby."
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