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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T18:46:48.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nNetflix's new documentary examining the Lucy Letby case has provoked significant criticism from audiences over its decision to employ artificial intelligence technology to disguise the identities of interviewees.\n\nThe Investigation of Lucy Letby, which premiered on the streaming platform on February 4, explores the conviction of the former neonatal nurse found guilty in 2023 of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSome viewers quickly took to X to express their discomfort with the AI-altered faces appearing throughout the film.\n\n\"Not sure yet what to make of the decision in the Lucy Letby Netflix documentary to anonymise contributors by covering their faces with fake AI faces,\" one confused viewer wrote, while another penned: \"Not the AI rendered people in the Lucy Letby documentary, Netflix never do that again.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA third posted: \"There is a DISGUSTING amount of AI in this new Netflix Lucy Letby documentary.\"\n\nAnother described the streaming service's approach as \"pretty disturbing.\"\n\nThe documentary's opening credits include a disclaimer stating that \"some contributors have been digitally disguised to maintain anonymity,\" with their \"names, appearances, and voices altered.\"\n\nAmong those given AI-generated appearances are \"Sarah,\" identified as the mother of one victim, and \"Maisie,\" described as a university friend of Letby's.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTheir testimonies are delivered through computer-generated faces that blink, cry and move, yet many viewers observed that the generated emotions remain disconnected from the emotional weight of their words.\n\nOne viewer complained the technique made the production appear \"cheap and fake even though this is a real case with real victims.\"\n\nOthers raised ethical concerns about the choice to use AI rather than human performers.\n\n\"'Digitally anonymised' = AI slop in a f**king documentary,\" one user wrote.\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Gordon Ramsay breaks silence over Adam Peaty family drama as he fumes 'we did nothing wrong!'\n  * X Factor’s Chico pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne after emotional Grammys moment\n  * Sir Brian May speaks out after Donald Trump sparks fury by using Queen classic 'without permission'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother added: \"USE ACTORS. PAY HUMANS.\" (sic)\n\nPerhaps the most striking revelation in the documentary comes from Dr John Gibbs, one of the hospital consultants who initially raised concerns about Letby.\n\n\"I live with two guilts,\" Mr Gibbs states in the film. \"Guilt that we let the babies down, and tiny, tiny, tiny guilt: did we get the wrong person? You know, just in case: a miscarriage of justice.\"\n\nHe added: \"I don't think there was a miscarriage of justice, but you worry that no one actually saw her do it.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDespite voicing this doubt, Mr Gibbs remains convinced of Letby's guilt.\n\nThe neonatal nurse was convicted following two trials in 2023 and 2024, receiving 15 whole-life sentences that made her Britain's worst child serial killer.\n\nSince those proceedings, the prosecution's evidence and police handling of the investigation have attracted criticism from a substantial number of distinguished medical experts from Britain and abroad.\n\nCanadian neonatologist Dr Shoo Lee, who led an independent panel reviewing the clinical notes, states in the documentary that his research was misused to secure the conviction.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHis panel concluded that all the babies died from medical causes and found \"no murders.\"\n\nThe film also features Letby's lawyer, Mark McDonald, and touches on criticism of prosecution expert Dr Dewi Evans by a Court of Appeal judge.\n\nThe Criminal Cases Review Commission is currently examining the case, with a decision anticipated in the autumn.\n\nThe Netflix documentary, The Investigation of Lucy Letby, was released globally on Wednesday\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Lucy Letby Netflix doc sparks criticism for 'disturbing' method to anonymise witnesses: 'Never do that again!'"
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