The inquiry into the crimes of evil serial killer Lucy Letby will become statutory, the Health Secretary Steve Barclay has announced.
23.08.2023 - 12:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Baby killer Lucy Letby’s parents are believed to want to move 250 miles from their family home to be nearer to the prison where their daughter is locked up for life.
Jonathan and Susan Letby were both at court every single day of their daughter’s ten-month trial before her conviction earlier this month. Jon, 77, a furniture boss, and Susan, 63, an accounts clerk, had reportedly rented a flat closer to Manchester Crown Court.
The couple listened daily to the evidence of their daughter’s horrific crimes. They heard how she targeted 17 babies over a year period working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, from 2015 to 2016, reports the Mirror.
Neither Lucy or her parents were present for her sentencing - where she was handed a whole life order with no chance of parole.
But The Mail are now reporting that neighbours of the couple believe that they may never return to their family home in Hereford where Letby grew up as a single child. Instead, they claimed that the parents could relocate to be closer to HMP Low Newton, over 250 miles away.
Speaking to the outlet, one neighbour said they had “hardly seen” the elderly couple since Letby was first arrested. 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.”
Another neighbour described Letby as her parents' entire life, and said they remained convinced of her innocence. Following Letby’s conviction, attention
The inquiry into the crimes of evil serial killer Lucy Letby will become statutory, the Health Secretary Steve Barclay has announced.
Her actions shocked the nation to its core. How could a trusted and seemingly dedicated nurse kill seven babies and attempt to murder six more in a hospital’s neonatal unit? But as we try to understand the depths of Lucy Letby’s depravity, the questions remain about her motive and how an apparently “ordinary” young woman turned into a cold, calculating killer.
A doctor who helped catch killer nurse Lucy Letby said she came to a shocking conclusion after being handed a dossier of evidence. Dr Sandie Bohin was called as an expert witness during Letby's trial, which ended with her being found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Baby killer Lucy Letby was handed a whole life order this week after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working as an NHS nurse. The 33-year-old refused to face her victims’ families in court as they read out harrowing statements telling how she ripped their lives apart.
Baby killer Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in jail after being sentenced to a whole life order for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more. The evil nurse will never return to the three-bedroom house where she lived during her heinous crimes.
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Killer nurse Lucy Letby is to be handed the victim impact statements that were read out during sentencing after refusing to appear in court on Monday (August 21).
Serial baby killer Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars after receiving the UK's most severe punishment for her crimes.
Child killer Lucy Letby will die behind bars after she received a whole life order today.
These are all the words the judge said as Lucy Letby, the nurse who murdered babies on the neonatal unit where she worked, was sentenced today (Monday) at Manchester Crown Court.
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Lucy Letby has become one of few female murderers in the UK to receive a whole life sentence - meaning they will never be released from prison.