A dad accused of murdering his two-year-old son watched a YouTube video on how to perform CPR before calling paramedics for his son, a trial has heard.
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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.
The former neonatal nurse was last year convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others whilst working at the Countess of Chester hospital in Cheshire.
This morning (Tuesday, June 25), she entered the witness box for a second day as she gave evidence at a retrial at Manchester Crown Court where she denies the attempted murder of an infant, known as Child K, when she was just two hours old.
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The baby is alleged to have had her endotracheal breathing tube dislodged on three occasions in the early hours of February 17, 2016. the first time at around 3.45am.
The prosecution claims she was caught "virtually red-handed" by consultant pediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram, who has said he walked in on Letby “doing nothing” while the tot's blood oxygen levels collapsed suddenly.
Beginning her evidence on Monday, Letby said she had no recollection of Dr Jayaram coming into the nursery when she was there, but said she did not dislodge the tube or do anything to interfere with, or harm Child K, or any other infants in her care, saying she was "not guilty of what I was found guilty."
Closing the case for the defence on Tuesday morning, Ben Myers KC said Letby had been "criticised" by the prosecution for saying she did not remember what happened, but that her evidence was "If I remembered, I would say."
He said Ms Letby had given accounts of where she was in other cases, including in those where she she had been convicted. "Are you hiding behind saying 'I don't
A dad accused of murdering his two-year-old son watched a YouTube video on how to perform CPR before calling paramedics for his son, a trial has heard.
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