Police are hunting a group of Chester FC supporters heard shouting an 'appalling' chant about Lucy Letby during their game against Hereford on Tuesday night.
21.08.2023 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Child killer Lucy Letby will die behind bars after she received a whole life order today.
The former nurse was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others. Following a nine-month trial, a jury found her guilty of 14 of the 22 charges she faced.
Letby carried out a horrific of spate of crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. During that time, she deliberately poisoned babies with insulin and fatally injected some with air while working as a nurse in the neonatal unit.
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The 33-year-old will likely serve her prison sentence at HMP Low Newton, a maximum security women's prison in County Durham, the Mirror reports. The jail is, and has previously been, home to some of the UK's most notorious female prisoners including Joanna Dennehy and the mother of tragic tot Baby P, Tracey Connelly.
The prison is located just outside of Durham, in the village of Brasside, and is next door to the so-called "Monster Mansion" HMP Frankland, which holds Ian Huntley, Wayne Couzens and Levi Belfield.
Letby has previously been held in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey and HMP New Hall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where Rose West, who murdered nine girls in the 70s and 80s, is also locked up.
As a multiple child killer, Letby will ultimately be viewed with extreme hostility by most behind bars and is likely to be placed into HMP Low Newton's segregation unit at first. The area can hold up to three women and is clean, but lacks some facilities.
Inspection reports on the jail said: "Cells were not well equipped, with only a bed, toilet and sink. The regime was
Police are hunting a group of Chester FC supporters heard shouting an 'appalling' chant about Lucy Letby during their game against Hereford on Tuesday night.
Child serial killer Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for her horrific crimes.
Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison after killing seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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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.
A former boss at the hospital where Lucy Letby killed seven babies has 'a get out of jailfree card' after retiring to the South of France with a £1.8million pension, the parents of one of her victims fear. They want to see ex-medical director Ian Harvey questioned over claims that he could have stopped Letby’s killing spree sooner if he had acted on warnings from senior doctors, The Mirror reports.
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.
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The father of murdered police officer Nicola Hughes has said a law change following the refusal of Lucy Letby to attend her sentencing hearing may cause “more anguish” for the families of victims.
Lucy Letby will die behind bars after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others.
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.
After being arrested at her home over five years ago, Lucy Letby has finally been put behind bars for the rest of her life. The nurse was found guilty of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder last week, for the series of horrific crimes she committed at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
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.
A senior manager who was in charge of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital when Lucy Letby carried out her murderous attacks on babies has been suspended from her current role.