Lucy Letby has denied 'hiding behind' her claim that she does not remember events in a hospital nursery where she is accused of attempting to murder a severely premature baby.
12.06.2024 - 18:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was caught ‘virtually red-handed’ by a doctor as she displaced the breathing tube of a premature baby girl, prosecutors allege.
Letby, 34, is accused of a single offence of the attempted murder of a baby girl, known as Child K, on February 17 2016.
In August last year she was convicted of the murder of seven ‘very young’ babies and the attempted murder of six others, whilst she worked as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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Jurors were unable to reach verdicts on a count of attempted murder and Letby is now facing a retrial at Manchester Crown Court.
Opening the case to the jury, prosecutor Nick Johnson KC said that her previous convictions and her status as a ‘multiple murderer’ is an important piece of evidence when jurors consider whether she was ‘trying to kill’ Child K.
Before February 17 2016, Mr Johnson said Letby had already murdered five children and attempted to murder three others – including two attempts on one baby girl – on various dates between June 2015 and October 2015.
After February 17 she went on to attempt to murder twin boys in April 2016, attempted to murder another boy in June 2016, and murdered two triplet boys later that month, said Mr Johnson.
He said that Child K was born at 24 weeks and six days gestation, though doctors at the hospital wanted to transfer her to a ‘level three’ hospital where there is the highest form of specialist care for premature babies. Due to the risks involved in the transfer, Child K’s mother was not transferred and the baby girl was born at the Countess of Chester, the court heard.
She was admitted to the neonatal unit
Lucy Letby has denied 'hiding behind' her claim that she does not remember events in a hospital nursery where she is accused of attempting to murder a severely premature baby.
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