Who Is Lucy Letby?

What did Lucy Letby actually do

Lucy Letby (born 4 January 1990) is a British serial killer and former neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016. Letby was the focus of much suspicion as the outbreak of unexpected collapses and infant deaths commenced shortly after she was qualified to work with children in the hospital’s intensive care unit and was consistently on duty when each incident took place.

• As soon as Letby was removed from duties in June 2016, the suspicious incidents stopped.
• Letby was charged in November 2020 with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder,
• During her trial, which lasted from October 2022 to August 2023, it was revealed that Letby’s methods included injecting the infants with air or insulin, overfeeding them or physically assaulting them.

She also stole over 250 confidential documents relating to the children’s care to keep as mementoes of her crimes and falsified patient records to avert suspicion. Several parents and staff members had also walked in during, or just after, Letby’s attacks on victims.

On 21 August 2023, Letby was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order, She has announced her intention to appeal, while a retrial of one count of attempted murder is also planned. Letby is the most prolific serial killer of children in modern British history; the Cheshire Constabulary now suspects that she may have claimed more victims, including at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where two babies died while she was training there.

Management at the Countess of Chester Hospital were criticised for ignoring warnings about Letby that could have prevented some of the killings. The British government has since announced that an independent statutory inquiry would be held into the circumstances surrounding the murders.

Is Lucy Letby innocent

PETER HITCHENS: What if Lucy Letby is not guilty? Published: 22:00 BST, 23 September 2023 | Updated: 13:34 BST, 25 September 2023 Horror can make us blind to doubt. For years I angrily scorned Chris Mullin’s campaign for the release of the Six, Irishmen wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA bombings in that city.

I was so furious about the filthy cruelty of the that I could not see straight about the weakness of the prosecution. I apologise to Mr Mullin, and learned from him that our justice system is not as good as we like to think. So now I must ask: What if is not guilty? Actually I very much wish somebody else in the national media would raise this.

I have enough enemies as it is. But it looks as if it falls to me. Would it be bearable if her conviction was mistaken? This young woman has been condemned to die in prison. She has, since her conviction, been subjected to some very severe public condemnation.

• She has had to endure the (wholly justified and understandable) anger and grief of the parents of the babies she has been convicted of killing.
• Cheshire police have confirmed they are now reviewing the care of 4,000 children – every baby admitted to the unit and that of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where Letby undertook training placements, during the footprint of her career, which began in September 2012 Letby injected children with air, overfed them milk and assaulted them while working at Countess of Chester Hospital (pictured) From what I know of our prisons, you would be wrong to imagine that her endless days in custody will be any kind of ‘holiday camp’.

Some people, I know well, believe that anyone convicted of such a crime should suffer beyond the ability of a civilised justice system to punish them. Some relish the possibility that the condemned person may be persecuted by his or her fellow inmates.

• I find this attitude distressing and contrary to Christian teaching, but it is common and those who wish for it will very likely get their way.
• Well, again, what if this happens and she is not guilty? Now, she has been convicted by a jury after a long and detailed trial, and I do not doubt that the jury had their reasons for taking their decision.

I don’t criticise them. It was a heavy responsibility either way. But in the end they were making that decision almost entirely on the basis of circumstances. I must confess that I was prejudiced from the start in her favour, as I think many others were.

How could this incredibly ordinary person, in a profession dedicated to human kindness, have done such a terrible thing? What was her motive? I have looked hard at the alleged confessional note but I think it can equally be interpreted as a very distressed, lonely and frightened woman describing her feelings after being accused by the police of unspeakable cruelty and of being an evil human being.

I am impressed by the fact she gave evidence in her own defence, over many days – a thing lawyers do not generally advise their clients to do if they suspect that they are guilty. I am profoundly impressed by the loyalty of a group of her close friends – crucially including her former colleague Janet Cox – who continue to believe in her innocence and to say so.

Under the circumstances this requires considerable courage. The close family of someone in this position have little choice but to be loyal. Friends, faced with a jury verdict of this kind, could be excused if they resorted to saying, ‘Well, I would not have thought it of her, but’ These friends say she is not guilty.

Listen to them. They may just be right. Now I must tell you that a number of voices, apparently expert, have been raised by lawyers and scientists who are afraid there may have been a miscarriage of justice. I am not qualified to judge them, but if they are right there are flaws in the prosecution of Lucy Letby, in important claims made about the actions she supposedly took.

1. There are also questions about the general state of the unit in which she worked.
2. A body calling itself ‘Science on Trial’ has produced an interesting analysis of the case that I find quite disturbing.
3. Recently, Dr David Livermore, a retired Professor of Medical Microbiology, has also expressed doubts.

In an article for the Daily Sceptic website, he says: ‘No one who cares about justice should be comfortable with this case.’ These voices are not alone. I cannot judge now whether the voices being raised are cranks or geniuses ahead of their time. An experienced defence lawyer tells me that it is increasingly difficult for defendants in such cases to find expert witnesses to testify for them – following the official excoriation, a few years ago, of one particular expert who had until then often given such evidence.

And others urge me to take note of the very similar case of another paediatric nurse condemned for very similar crimes – Lucia de Berk. In 2003, she was sentenced to life in prison without parole by the Dutch courts for supposedly murdering her patients. Her initial appeal was thrown out. Statistical analysis of her shift-pattern, and apparently damning quotations from her diaries were used to convict her.

But after a six-year campaign, the medical science on which she had been convicted was found to be seriously flawed, and she was exonerated on all charges. PETER HITCHENS: What if Lucy Letby is not guilty? Actually I very much wish somebody else in the national media would raise this.

I have enough enemies as it is. But it looks as if it falls to me Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more at the hospital’s neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016. She injected them with air, overfed them milk and assaulted them. Pictured: the Countess of Chester Hospital None of this means Lucy Letby is innocent.

But when the courts of this country come to reconsider this case, I think it would be helpful to justice if as many people as possible keep their minds open to the possibility that she might be. If she is guilty, well and good. But if, ten years hence, she stands under the TV lights in front of a courthouse, unrecognisable after years in prison, but free at last, I would rather be among those who had kept such an open mind, than among those who did not.

• To me, King Charles’s visit to France was deeply shocking on two counts.
• His blatant partisanship on the side of green zealotry, just about tolerable when he was heir to the throne, looks especially improper now that a major party in the state is at last beginning to grasp that net zero means national suicide.

There are millions who do not share his view, and he is their King too. He should respect them by keeping his political opinions to himself. And his ignorant repetition of the factually incorrect claim that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was ‘unprovoked’ (this seems to be the translation briefed to British media by the Palace of the King’s words in French) is becoming tiresome.

1. The Foreign Office, which presumably supplies him with this line, knows it is ridiculous, as does anyone with any knowledge of the subject.
2. I’d have been interested to see what would have happened if he had told the French Parliament on Thursday that France’s disastrous war with Prussia in 1870 was ‘unprovoked’.

The wicked old Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck knew (as modern statesmen do) that if you want a war, it is much better to get the other side to start it. French President Emmanuel Macron (R) toasts with Britain’s King Charles III (L) during a state banquet at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris, on September 20, 2023 : PETER HITCHENS: What if Lucy Letby is not guilty?

Who was Lucy Letby in love with?

Lucy Letby will die behind bars after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others. The 33-year-old will never leave jail after she was convicted of sickening crimes following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court. Letby was a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, in Cheshire, when she carried out her hideous crimes over a 13-month period.

• To all appearances, Letby was ‘beige’ – living in a modest three-bed semi on the Blacon estate on the outskirts of Chester.
• She had two teddy bears on her bed, two pet cats, Smudge and Tigger, and was a fan of Take That, Love Island and salsa dancing.
• Single, she was said to have an active social life.

She sometimes went into work in the neonatal unit at the city’s hospital carrying a Morrisons shopping bag. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Her childhood friend Dawn, who claimed the charges levelled against her pal were “most out of character that you could ever put against Lucy”, said Letby had always dreamed of becoming a nurse after being grateful to those nurses who helped her survive her own difficult birth. Police forensics at the home of nurse Lucy Letby, on Westbourne Road in Chester (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire) During the trial at Manchester Crown Court, it was alleged that Letby murdered two premature triplets in less than 24 hours to get the attention of the doctor, known as Dr A, whom she had a “crush” on.

1. The hospital medic, who cannot be named for legal reasons, shared supportive text messages with Letby following the deaths.
2. The prosecution suggested their relationship went beyond that of colleagues – and that her infatuation with the doctor and her desire to get his attention was a reason behind her attacks on the babies.

After she was removed from the ward, the two continued to meet outside of work for coffee and restaurant dates, shopping trips, and a visit to her home, where she lived alone. He was described by prosecutors as her ‘boyfriend’, but Letby insisted: “I loved him as a friend.

• I was not in love with him.” The jury heard they exchanged messages at work and at home, while her nursing colleagues teased her about flirting with him.
• In one text shown to the jury, Letby had said she received a ‘strange message’ from the doctor.
• Her colleague said: “Did you? Saying what? Go Commando (laughing face emoji).” Letby replied with four laughing face emojis but when questioned during her trial, she denied knowing what ‘go commando’ meant.

In another message, Letby protested: “I don’t flirt with him! Certainly, don’t fancy him ha ha just a nice guy.” At one stage, the court was presented with a document citing examples of her social life during the period of the killings. It saw that she and Dr A had been to London together for the day, and messages between them showed a series of love heart emojis exchanged as they made plans to meet. Lucy Letby who murdered seven babies and attempted to murder six more (Image: PA) But it was during this questioning that she appeared to reveal she had a ‘boyfriend’. ” was a married man, it’s not a relationship at all it’s a friendship,” she said before admitting she did have a boyfriend at this time.

It wasn’t made clear if this was the same person and no previous partners were mentioned during the trial. Letby claimed her relationship with Dr A, who she referred to as ‘sweetie’ in messages, “fizzled out” at the start of 2018. But there was no denying her emotions when the man appeared in court to give evidence against her, with Letby visibly distressed for the first time during the trial.

She tried to leave the dock, claiming to feel “unwell” but prosecutor Nick Johnson replied: “No, it’s because you didn’t like hearing your boyfriend giving evidence, did you?” In social media messages, Letby told the medic he was a ‘man of many talents’. (Image: Chester Standard / SWNS.com) Prosecutor Mr Johnson asked her: “Did you want to get his attention? Is that the reason you sabotaged Child O?”, which she denied. The following day, Child P collapsed when Letby was on duty and Dr A again responded to the emergency crash call. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play Meanwhile, her infatuation was made evident after her arrest when police found a note in her home with the name of Dr A and the phrases: “My best friend. Love, I loved you and I think you knew that.

• I trusted you with everything.I wanted you to stand by me but you didn’t.” Last week, the Angel of Death nurse was found guilty of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder during her campaign of terror at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
• She deliberately harmed the innocent babies in various ways, including: injecting air intravenously and administering air and/or milk into the stomach via nasogastric tubes, adding insulin as a poison to intravenous feeds, interferring with breathing tubes and inflicting trauma in some cases.

On Monday, August 21, she was sentenced to a whole life order – making her the fourth female criminal in British history to have no hope of parole. Whole-life orders are the most severe punishment available in the country’s criminal justice system and are reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes.

What is the documentary about Lucy Letby?

BBC One – Panorama, Lucy Letby: The Nurse Who Killed.

What did Lucy Letby do to those babies

‘I am evil,’ wrote British nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care A has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the hospital where she worked, making her the country’s worst baby serial killer in recent times.

1. Lucy Letby, 33, harmed babies in her care by injecting air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin, Manchester Crown Court in northern England heard.
2. In one case, Letby murdered a baby boy, identified as Child E, by administering air into his bloodstream, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported.

The next day, she attempted to kill his twin brother, Child F, by poisoning him with insulin.

• A court order protects the identity of the children involved in the allegations against Letby, including those who died and survived under her care.
• Police found a trove of handwritten notes while searching Letby’s house during their investigation, including one that read: “I am evil I did this.”
• She secretly attacked 13 babies on the neonatal ward at the Countess of Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement.
• Her intention was to kill the babies while duping her colleagues into believing there was a natural cause of death, prosecutors argued.
• Pascale Jones of the CPS called Letby’s actions a “complete betrayal of the trust placed in her.”
• “Lucy Letby sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each baby’s existing vulnerability,” she said.

“In her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk, fluids – or medication like insulin – would become lethal. She perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death.”

1. Victims’ families said they “may never truly know why this happened.”
2. “To lose a baby is a heartbreaking experience that no parent should ever have to go through,” a joint statement said.
3. “But to lose a baby or to have a baby harmed in these particular circumstances is unimaginable,” the statement added.

In 2018 and 2019, Letby was arrested twice by police in connection with their investigation, PA said. She was arrested again in November 2020. Authorities found notes Letby had written during searches of her address. “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” she wrote in one memo, adding in another, “I am a horrible evil person” and in capital letters “I am evil I did this.”

• The mother of Child E and Child F said she “completely” trusted Letby’s advice, while giving evidence to the court, according to PA Media.
• However, she said she “knew there was something wrong” when her baby, Child E, started screaming in the intensive care unit one night.
• It emerged that before Letby murdered Child E, he started bleeding when she tried to assault him.

“It was a sound that should not come from a tiny baby,” the mother told the court. “I can’t explain what the sound was. It was horrendous. More of a scream than a cry.” There was no post-mortem examination following Child E’s death. The mother said she thought he had passed away from natural causes.

1. Her twin son, Child F, later survived an attempt by Letby to kill him by insulin poisoning.
2. Doctors at the hospital began to notice a steep rise in the number of babies who were dying or unexpectedly collapsing, the court heard.
3. But concerns raised by consultants over the increased mortality rate of patients under Letby’s care were initially dismissed by the hospital’s management, PA Media said.

In September 2016, Letby filed a grievance against her employers after she was relocated from the hospital’s neonatal ward. She was put back on clerical duties after two male triplets died and a baby boy collapsed on three days in a row in June 2016. Later that year, she was notified of the allegations against her by the Royal College of Nursing union, but the complaint was later resolved in her favor.

• The UK government has ordered an independent inquiry into the murders, including “how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with.”
• The inquiry will probe into the “circumstances surrounding the deaths and incidents,” the government said in a statement on Friday.
• It will also evaluate what actions were taken by regulators and Britain’s National Health Service in response to concerns regarding Letby.
• Health Secretary Steve Barclay pledged the voices of parents of the victims “are heard” throughout the inquiry, acknowledging there are many questions to be answered.
• “Justice has been served and the nurse who should have been caring for our babies has been found guilty of harming them,” the victims’ families said in a joint statement on Friday.
• “But this justice will not take away from the extreme hurt, anger and distress that we have all had to experience,” the statement added.
• “We are heartbroken, devastated, angry and feel numb.”
• Letby will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on August 21.
• CNN’s Niamh Kennedy and Sarah Dean contributed reporting.

: ‘I am evil,’ wrote British nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care

How did Lucy Letby get caught out

July 2018: Lucy Letby’s arrest – Letby was arrested on July 3 2018, at her home in Westbourne Road, Chester, at 6am, and officers searched the three-bedroom property. Searches also took place at her parents’ home in Hereford, and at her place of work in the hospital’s Risk and Patient Safety Office.

Did Lucy Letby lose a baby

Why Did Lucy Letby, A UK Nurse, Murder Babies? Investigators List Motives Lucy Letby’s youngest victim was just one-day old. London: Nurse Lucy Letby’s conviction on Friday for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others makes her one of the UK’s worst medical serial killers. Her youngest victim was just one-day old.

• The reasons behind the 33-year-old’s actions may never be fully explained, but the jurors were given several possible motives by the prosecution during the 10-month trial.
• Here are the probable motives that the investigators mentioned during Lucy Letby’s trial:
• She Enjoyed ‘Playing God’

‘s final victims were two triplet boys, referred to in court as babies O and P. Child O died shortly after Letby returned from a holiday in Ibiza in June 2016, while child P died a day after their sibling. During the trial, prosecutors said by that time, adding that “she was in effect playing God”. A babies’ cot on the ward at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where neonatal nurse Lucy Letby used to work The prosecutor suggested that she “played God” by harming a baby and then being the first to alert her colleagues about the deteriorating health.

“She was controlling things. She was enjoying what was going on. She was predicting things that she knew were going to happen. She, in effect, was playing God,” one of the prosecutors said. She Enjoyed Hurting The Babies and released twice. On her third arrest in 2020, she was formally charged and held in custody.

During searches at her home, police found hospital paperwork and a

1. In the trial, the prosecutors suggested that Letby was getting a thrill out of the grief and despair in the room.
2. She Wanted The Attention Of An Anonymous Doctor
3. Prosecutors alleged that Letby was having a secret relationship with a married doctor at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

He was one of the doctors who would be contacted when babies rapidly deteriorated, which was thought to be a crucial aspect of their relationship. It was implied that she hurt them to receive his “personal attention”, but Letby disagreed. Texts shown to the court revealed the pair messaged regularly, swapping love heart emojis, and met up several times outside work, even after Letby was removed from the neonatal unit in July 2016.

She Wasn’t ‘Good Enough The jurors were presented with several notes written by Lucy Letby, one of which said, “I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them. On another note, she wrote, “I will never have children or marry. I will never know what it’s like to have a family.” Boredom Lucy Letby was a band 5 nurse, meaning that she had the skills and training to tend to the sickest babies in the neonatal unit.

At the trial, she agreed that she sometimes found work less stimulating when she was assigned to babies who did not need as much medical attention. Extracts from the 2016 Diary of nurse Lucy Letby The prosecutors presented evidence of Letby using various methods to attack babies, including the injection of air and insulin into their bloodstream; the infusion of air into their gastrointestinal tract; force-feeding an overdose of milk or fluids; impact-type trauma.

She intended to kill the babies while deceiving her colleagues into believing there was a natural cause, the jury was told. “Lucy Letby sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each baby’s existing vulnerability. In her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk, fluids – or medication like insulin – would become lethal.

She perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief, and death,” said Pascale Jones of the CPS. “Time and again, she harmed babies, in an environment which should have been safe for them and their families. Her attacks were a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her,” he said.

What code did Lucy Letby use

Lucy Letby used a secret code to record her murders in a diary Published: 07:43 BST, 24 August 2023 | Updated: 09:48 BST, 24 August 2023 used a secret code to record the dates of her horrific crimes in a diary she kept in her bedroom, police have revealed.

Detective Inspector Rob Woods said Britain’s most prolific child killer was a ‘copious writer of notes’, with dozens of Post-it notes and scraps of paper found in her Cheshire home. Officers also uncovered her 2016 diary. Among jottings in coloured pens and childlike illustrations of animals were a series of asterisks that police believe referred to ‘significant events’.

Dates marked include June 23 and 24. The first is she murdered Baby O, one of three triplets, while the second corresponded to her fatal attack on his brother, Baby P. Lucy Letby used a ‘code’ to mark the dates of her crimes in a diary, police said. Dates marked include June 23 and 24.

• Detective Inspector Rob Woods, speaking in a documentary made by Cheshire Constabulary, said: ‘The amount of material we found at her home address was, I think, a massive surprise to us when she was first arrested.
• ‘It gave us a really good steer for the second occasion as to what sort of things we were looking for.
• ‘Something that’s been very useful to the enquiry has been Miss Letby’s diaries.
• ‘They appeared to be and it became clear later that it was almost a code of coloured asterisks and various other things put in a diary that marked significant events.’
• DI Woods said it became apparent that the dates Letby highlighted were significant events related to her crimes.
• The nurse unwittingly helped the police further by continuing to make notes even after she was arrested.

Detective Inspector Rob Woods said police were helped by the fact Letby (pictured) was a ‘copious writer of notes’ In one ‘confession’, Letby described herself as an ‘awful person’ before writing ‘I AM EVIL I DID THIS’ In other notes seized by police, Letby had written ‘hate my life’, ‘can’t do this anymore’ and ‘HELP’ ‘We knew she was a copious writer of notes,’ DI Woods said.

‘Now we thought that perhaps having been arrested she might stop doing that. ‘It turned out when we searched that second time, she had continued to write her thoughts and all sorts of processes about the investigation about the events that she was being investigated for.’ On one note, Letby wrote a ‘confession’ in which she described herself as a ‘horrible evil person’ and said: ‘I DID THIS.’ On the green Post-it, found inside the diary in her bedroom, she wrote: ‘I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough.

I will never have children or marry or know what it’s like to have a family.’ Other strange and chaotic writings were also recovered from her handbag and garage. She insisted that the green note was not evidence that she had killed and harmed the children, but that she had written it when she was ‘struggling’ mentally because she thought she could have made mistakes at work and had accidentally hurt the babies.

1. But the jury dismissed her claims and agreed with the prosecution that it should be read ‘literally.’
2. Adam Brand, who analysed Letby’s notes, said her writing style was evidence of a ‘manipulative and dishonest’ individual.
3. It comes as former executives at the Countess of Chester Hospital faced continued scrutiny over the way they dealt with complaints against Letby.
4. Today, a lawyer representing the parents of Letby’s victims said they had received a ‘total fob off’ from the hospital’s medical director after raising concerns.
5. Ian Harvey was medical director at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time the 33-year-old nurse carried out her crimes, murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, but he retired in August 2018, a month after she was first arrested.
6. Richard Scorer, from law firm Slater and Gordon which is representing two of the families, accused Mr Harvey of a ‘shameful’ failure to address parental concerns.
7. His claims come as the NHS ombudsman and former home secretary Jack Straw joined those calling for an inquiry into Letby’s crimes to be upgraded so witnesses could be compelled to attend.

More scrawled notes that Letby wrote during her killing spree On other notes she wrote ‘I can’t do this anymore’ and ‘everything is manageable’

• Mr Scorer said: ‘Our clients received a series of anodyne letters from Harvey containing no proper explanation or clarification.
• ‘The letters invited them to contact Harvey for more explanation and they tried to contact him repeatedly, but despite many attempts to get through to him they never received a return call.
• ‘Our clients have described his response as a ‘total fob off’.
• ‘It seems that Harvey had little interest in passing any meaningful information to the parents, responding properly to any of their concerns, or complying with any duty of candour to them.
• ‘In our view this failure to address parental concerns was shameful and another matter which needs to be investigated by a statutory inquiry with the power to compel witnesses and the production of documents.’
• In a statement to the Guardian newspaper, Mr Harvey said: ‘Having read the heart-rending victim impact statements, I know how desperate the parents are for answers and I will help them as best I can at the inquiry.

Handwriting expert Adam Brand, who analysed Letby’s notes, said her writing style was evidence of a ‘manipulative and dishonest’ individual. In this, he breaks down what her writing represents ‘I’m sorry they felt fobbed off. I wanted to give detailed and accurate answers, but this was difficult while the reviews and investigations were taking place.

Once the police were involved, we were advised by them not to say or do anything that might jeopardise their investigation.’ The Daily Telegraph reported that Mr Harvey was referred to the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2018 following allegations he ‘misled the public in media statements’, encouraged ‘an atmosphere of secrecy and fear’ and failed to act ‘appropriately or in a timely manner’ when consultants raised concerns.

Anthony Omo, director of fitness to practise and general counsel at the GMC, said: ‘In 2018 we received a complaint about Ian Harvey which we promoted for a full investigation. During our investigation, we liaised with the police, obtained an independent expert report and a witness statement, and thoroughly examined all relevant information.

1. ‘At the conclusion of our investigation, our senior decision makers considered all of the evidence and decided that the case did not reach the threshold for referral to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service for a hearing.’
2. The hospital saw a significant rise in the number of babies suffering serious and unexpected collapses in 2015 and 2016.
3. Letby’s presence when collapses took place was first mentioned to senior management by the unit’s head consultant in late June 2015.
4. Concerns among some consultants about the defendant increased and were voiced to hospital bosses when more unexplained and unusual collapses followed, her trial at Manchester Crown Court heard.
5. But Letby was not removed from the unit until after the deaths of two triplet boys and the collapse of another baby boy on three successive days in June 2016.

Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit, where Letby went on a killing spree

• She was confined to clerical work but registered a grievance procedure, which was resolved in her favour, and was due to return to the unit in March 2017.
• The move did not take place as soon after police were contacted by the hospital trust.
• Today, former home secretary Jack Straw joined those calling for an inquiry into Letby’s crimes to be given a statutory footing, which would mean witnesses would be compelled to attend to give evidence.
• He told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: ‘You can shame a lot of (witnesses) but you can’t shame them all, and there may be witnesses in the Letby case who really ought to be on the stand, who are the most vulnerable in terms of the positions they have taken, and who won’t be bothered about being shamed – they would rather be shamed for their absence than actually appear on the stand.’
• In a letter, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens told Health Secretary Steve Barclay: ‘Only a statutory inquiry can provide the strong legal powers necessary to compel witnesses and the release of evidence.

‘The inquiry should have all possible levers available to it to get to the truth. The families involved deserve no less.’ : Lucy Letby used a secret code to record her murders in a diary

Who are Lucy Letbys parents?

Heartbreaking note from Lucy Letby’s parents years before murder spree unearthed A post placed in a local newspaper when Lucy Letby qualified as a nurse ahead of her arrival on the wards at Countess of Chester Hpisltal shows how proud her parents were Susan and John Letby arriving at Manchester Crown Court A note from Lucy Letby’s parents when she graduated as a child nurse has been unearthed in a local newspaper. for between June 2015 and 2016 as she worked as a neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital.

The long court case had heard how deliberately injected babies with air, force-fed others with milk, and poisoned two infants with insulin. Investigations are ongoing into if more infants died at her hands as it is understood the notes of 12 babies who suffered unexplained collapses have been passed to experts.

Detectives are poring over thousands of admissions. Letby was given a while-life sentence ( Getty) Investigations are ongoing into if more infants died at her hands ( MEN MEDIA) Years before she arrived on the wards at the hospital however she was a newly qualified nurse.

1. Among those to celebrate her big day where her parents, John, 77, and 66-year-old Susan Letby.
2. To celebrate their daughter’s graduation they put a notice in their local newspaper, found.
3. It read: “Letby Lucy BSc Hons in Child Nursing.
4. We are so proud of you after all your hard work.
5. Love Mum and Dad.” Earlier today it was reported Letby’s doting parents – who stood by her during her lengthy 10-month trial – are set to wave goodbye to their Hereford home and north to be close to where their evil child is locked up.

The pair rented a flat in Manchester to be close to Manchester Crown Court so they could attend each day of the hearing. And now, it is expected the couple are set to leave their beloved hometown of Hereford, where the serial killer grew up, and relocate more than 250 miles to Durham, where Letby will likely be housed for life at HM Low Newton.

Reports that neighbours of Jon, a furniture boss, and Susan, an accounts clerk, may never return to the sleepy Cathedral city in Herefordshire after turning into ‘recluses’. Speaking to the paper, one neighbour said they had “hardly seen” the elderly couple since Letby was first arrested in July 2018.

They continued: “At first, they spent all their time at the back of the house and never even answered the phone. Then when the trial began last year, they rented a flat in Manchester so that they could attend the proceedings. This is a friendly cul-de-sac and people do feel for them, but I guess there will always be a bit of finger-pointing, and more so as new people move in who never knew John and Susan.” You can find this story in Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.

What is Operation Hummingbird?

Operation Hummingbird is our investigation into the murders and attempted murders committed by Lucy Letby.

Did Lucy Letby keep souvenirs?

Lucy Letby’s ‘treasure trove’ of sick souvenirs: Nurse kept cards, handover sheets and resuscitation notes of her victims as mementos and looked up her victim’s parents on Facebook more than 2,300 times over year-long killing spree.

Has Lucy Letby got siblings

Does Lucy Letby Have Siblings – Born on January 4, 1990, in Hereford, England, Lucy Letby’s parents are identified as John Letby and Susan Letby. Records indicate that Lucy Letby is the sole offspring of her parents, though she was raised alongside her cousins, whose details remain undisclosed at this juncture.

1. Although numerous individuals are interested in uncovering Lucy Letby’s social media presence, it is noteworthy that the convicted neonatal nurse does not maintain any presence on social media platforms.
2. For further insights into her father and mother, refer to the subsequent section.
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Lucy Letby’s father, John Letby, has a profession as a businessman, specializing in furniture sales, while her mother, Susan Letby, formerly held a position as an accounts clerk. Presently, John Letby is 78 years old, and Susan Letby has reached the age of 63.

• Their relationship with their daughter remains strong and meaningful.
• According to available information, Lucy Letby, along with her parents, would make regular trips to Torquay, totaling three times a year.
• Emerging from a middle-class background, the convicted nurse’s family holds this attribute.
• Throughout the 10-month duration of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, Lucy Letby’s parents stood steadfastly by her side, offering their support.

For a more comprehensive understanding, delve further into her story. On August 18, the court rendered a verdict of guilt against her for the deaths of seven children. Subsequently, on August 21, 2023, Lucy Letby received a life sentence as determined by the court.

• Notably, Lucy Letby was not physically present in court during her sentencing.
• Her academic journey saw her graduating from the University of Chester in 2011.
• Following this, she became a part of the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
• However, concerns about her behavior emerged in 2016, leading to her removal from her job position.

The year 2018 marked her initial arrest, abruptly ending her nursing career. Preceding her apprehension, Lucy Letby had transitioned to non-clinical roles. For continued updates and more comprehensive information, remain engaged with this website. : Does Lucy Letby Have Siblings- Meet Her Brother And Sister Wiki And Age

Why was Lucy Letby suspended

Lucy Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six other infants. – Lucy Letby’s former Director of Nursing has been suspended following her conviction last week. Last week, Ms Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six other infants while working on the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

Letby deliberately injected babies with air, force-fed others milk and poisoned two of the infants with insulin. During the trial, the jury was told that concerns were raised on several occasions about Ms Letby. The former director of nursing and quality Alison Kelly and other senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital have been accused of failing to prevent some of the later deaths by acting on concerns about Ms Letby when they were raised.

Yesterday Mr Justice Goss imposed a whole-life order for each offence Ms Letby committed, meaning she will spend the rest of her life in prison.

When was Lucy Letby suspended

The former director of nursing at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered seven babies has been suspended from her current role. Alison Kelly was the nursing director at the Countess of Chester Hospital while nurse Letby killed the babies and attempted to murder six others between June 2015 and June 2016.

• Ms Kelly had been working in a similar position at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Salford Royal Hospital and Royal Oldham Hospital, before she was suspended this morning.
• An NHS England spokesperson said: “We welcome the independent inquiry announced by the Department of Health and Social Care into the events at the Countess of Chester and will cooperate fully to help ensure all lessons are learned.

“In light of information that has emerged during the trial of Lucy Letby, and the announcement of the independent inquiry, the Northern Care Alliance has suspended Alison Kelly.” ‘Sadistic’ Letby refusing to leave cells – follow live sentencing updates Letby not removed from unit after concerns were raised The number of babies who suffered serious and unexpected collapses in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital increased significantly between 2015 and 2016.

Letby’s presence when collapses took place was first mentioned to senior management by the unit’s head consultant in late June 2015. Concerns among some consultants about the nurse increased and were voiced to hospital bosses when more unexplained and unusual collapses followed, Manchester Crown Court heard.

But Letby was not removed from the unit until after the deaths of two triplet boys and the collapse of another baby boy on three successive days in June 2016. Letby was confined to clerical work and in September 2016 registered a grievance procedure. It emerged during legal arguments in the trial – in the absence of the jury – that the grievance procedure was resolved in Letby’s favour in December 2016.

Read more: Who is Lucy Letby? How the police caught Letby Will Letby ever be released from prison? Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Moment of Lucy Letby’s arrest Letby was due to return to the neonatal unit in March 2017, but the move did not take place as police were contacted by the hospital trust.

No babies died between when Letby was removed from the unit in July 2016 and when police were called in by the hospital in May 2017. She was suspended on full pay from the moment she was arrested in July 2018. It is understood she was sacked when she was charged in November 2020.