the sons company. why would he want him gone, jessica? because he was hired to investigate corruption and. [inaudible] thank you for that segway. when archer testified before the oversight committee, that is exactly what he said. he was being asked about victor shokin role. he said he was good for burism he did not pursue it against the owner. you should watch it. that is not true. yes, it is true. that is not true. the state department s top point person on ukraine, okay, said that victor shokin was doing a good job fighting crime. john kerry was saying the same thing that victor shokin was specifically doing a good job fighting corruption. this was june of 2015.
about prosecutors? why does he care about this one guy? jesse: why would he gone? jessica: he would want him gone because he was hired to investigate corruption jesse: so he wanted burisma investigated? jessica: so when devin archer testified, that s what he said. he was being asked about this viktor shokin s role. he told them that he was good for burisma and he agreed with the statement that shokin didn t pursue corruption and investigations against burisma s owner. you should watch it. jesse: that s not true. jessica: yes, it is true. dan goldman was asking the questions. jeanine: victoria new land, the top point person on ukraine said that shokin was doing a good job fighting crime. john kerry was saying the same thing that shokin specifically was doing a good job fighting corruption. and this is in june of 2015.
judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. as lucy letby begins that whole life sentence tonight knowing that she will never be released from prison and that she will die behind bars, thatis and that she will die behind bars, that is not the end of this story because already the investigation into her crimes has been widened. the trial here only covered a period of a little over 12 months from june of a little over 12 months from june of 2015 to june of 2016 and already the investigating officers in that case have gone back to places where she worked before the contest of chester hospital, they have been speaking to former colleagues and they also told us they are going back and looking again at the cases of perhaps suspicious child deaths on boards, on units where lucy letby may have been working and may have been responsible for the care of those children.
children were suffering from life changing complications, life changing complications, life changing consequences from lucy letby s actions. this trial covered a period of time betweenjuly of 2015, june of 2015 and june of 2016. but we now know that there is going to be a further investigation into lucy letby s crimes, and in fact the time before she was working at the countess of chester hospital. this investigation has been widened to cover the whole of her nursing career. just in the last few moments i can tell you that the government has now ordered an independent inquiry, something the families of the victims had been calling for purely because of the period of time that it took to identify these offences and to link lucy letby as the common force among them. an inquiry has been announced, says the government, into the circumstances behind the murders and attempted murders of babies at the counter
for viewers in the uk, a bbc panorama documentary, lucy letby: the nurse who killed, will be available to watch on iplayer later today. there has been a lot of reaction to this story of courses he would expect here at manchester crown court over the last few hours on that news that lucy letby has been convicted here in manchester of murray seven babies in her care and attempting to murder a further six attempting to murder a further six at the countess of chester hospital during her time as a neonatal nurse. i think one of the most significant developments in the last few hours is the government has announced an independent inquiry into lucy letby s offending because of course this trial only covered a 12 month period between june this trial only covered a 12 month period betweenjune of this trial only covered a 12 month period between june of 2015 and june of 2016. and that did not cover the