Infected blood inquiry: Key witness disagrees with compensation 'as it suggests liability' - Sky News

Professor Christine Lee told the hearing that she believed, at the time, those giving treatment were "doing their best".

A key witness giving evidence to the infected blood inquiry was heckled with chants of "liar" and told the hearing she disagreed with compensating the victims of the scandal because it suggested "liability".

She told the public infected blood inquiry: "I truly believe that any patient who has had any treatment for which they have really severe side effects should have financial support as far as possible to make their life better.

Professor Lee told the hearing that she believed, at the time, people were "doing their best".

Earlier at the hearing, Professor Lee's evidence was interrupted with calls of "you're a liar," after she told the inquiry that haemophiliac patients from the Royal Free between 1978 and 1983 were told of their "non-A, non-B-hepatitis" infections - now known as hepatitis C - at the time