'I completely trusted Lucy Letby': Mum of murdered twin
18.08.2023 - 13:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The mother of a newborn twin murdered by Lucy Letby told how she 'completely trusted' the killer nurse. Letby, 33, murdered the woman’s son, Child E, with a fatal injection of air into his bloodstream and the following day attempted to kill his twin brother, Child F, by insulin poisoning.
The boys’ mother was under the impression that both incidents were natural occurrences, with no post-mortem examination carried out on Child E. Three months later she and her husband even took in a hamper and a 'Thank you' card for staff on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Before his death Letby was also said to have earlier attacked Child E on the same night shift, causing bleeding. Giving evidence in the trial at Manchester Crown Court, the woman said she heard cries as she walked along the main corridor to the intensive care nursery.
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“It was a sound that should not come from a tiny baby,” she said. “I can’t explain what the sound was. It was horrendous. More of a scream than a cry.”
She said she tried in vain to comfort her son and then noticed blood around his bottom lip and the top of his chin. Letby told her a feeding tube had irritated the back of his throat and caused bleeding, she said.
The mother said Letby then told her to go back to the post-natal ward. Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC asked her: “Did you do what you were told?”
Child E’s mother replied: “Yes, because she was an authority and she knew better than me and I trusted her. Completely. She said the registrar was on the way and if it was a problem someone would ring up to the post-natal ward.
“The rules were go back upstairs and if there was a problem I