recollection

Questioning Mr Bailey on his recollection of events, counsel to the inquiry Francesca Whitelaw said: “It is fair to say the poisoning had a very significant mental and physical impact on you?”

Prompted by her recollection, I reminisced about the tenderness of listening from the doorway as my father read Goodnight, Moon to my sons, and how I missed the reassurance of his presence, this Navy officer who passed away five years ago.

Our reporting of it is therefore partly based on the immediate recollection of our undercover journalist - an established method in German investigative reporting.

Letby said said she had no recollection of the incident.

Ms Freemantle publicly expressed her "deepest sorrow" and said she had "no recollection of what took place".