Overview
- Cheshire Constabulary, which executed a search warrant Wednesday, arrested an unnamed person on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and later released them on bail.
- Police said the action is part of Operation Duet, an ongoing inquiry into possible corporate manslaughter by the Trust and gross negligence manslaughter by individuals at the hospital.
- The suspect is understood, according to the Press Association, to be one of three senior leaders first arrested in July 2025 on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
- Detectives said both strands of the Operation Duet probe remain active with no set timetable and stressed it is separate from Lucy Letby’s convictions.
- A public inquiry has scrutinized management decisions at the unit, and under UK law corporate manslaughter targets organisations with fines while gross negligence manslaughter targets individuals and can lead to prison terms.