The striking parallels between Lucy Letby and another killer nurse

It has been a busy month in our region's courts.

Criminals could soon be ordered to face their sentencing hearing in court — including being brought before a judge by force — under proposed new laws.

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.

British production company ITN has won the rights to make a documentary digging deep into the investigation by police that brought the UK’s worst child killer Lucy Letby to justice.

Police officers searching the Chester home of serial killer Lucy Letby discovered a very detailed and disturbing ‘glimpse into her psyche’.

An hour long documentary detailing the investigation into serial child killer Lucy Letby has been released by the police team who brought her to justice.

The parents of a premature baby who survived evil killer Lucy Letby have told how they found the murder nurse by their daughter's cot as alarms sounded.

The former CEO at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered seven babies went to become a director of one Greater Manchester’s biggest hospital trusts – just months after resigning during the police investigation into the killer nurse.

Families who lost loved ones in the Manchester Arena bombing have joined growing calls for the most serious criminals to be forced to attend sentencing hearings.

A hospital consultant said he was made to feel he was 'a problem' when he blew the whistle on killer nurse Lucy Letby.

Lucy Letby will likely spend the rest of her life in prison.

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.

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.

The flag above Manchester Crown Court is flying at half mast this afternoon as a mark of respect to the victims of Lucy Letby. It comes as the neonatal nurse is set to be taken from the court building to begin spending the rest of her life in prison.

The mum of a baby murdered by Lucy Letby has told a court how the evil nurse only had one word for the parents of the seven babies she killed.

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.

Nurse Lucy Letby will die behind bars after being found guilty of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others. The judge told the nurse she acted "in a way that was completely contrary to the normal human instincts of nurturing and caring for babies", as he handed down his sentence at Manchester Crown Court this afternoon.

The father of two babies who Lucy Letby has been convicted of trying to kill said he was left feeling 'uneasy' and was forced to move out of her eyeline in court as she 'kept looking over' at him.

Cowardly child killer Lucy Letby refused to appear in court at her sentencing hearing today.