Lucy Letby

Lucy Letby is described as a "constant malevolent presence" at the opening of her murder trial.

He said all the deaths and collapses were "no accident" and were not "naturally-occurring tragedies". "The presence of one of the neonatal nurses and that nurse was Lucy Letby." "However, over the next 18 months or so, there was a significant rise in the number of babies who were dying and in the number of serious catastrophic collapses." "Prior to January 2015, the statistics for the mortality of babies in the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester were comparable to other like units," he said. However, he said that "unlike many other hospitals, within the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, a poisoner was at work". A "poisoner was at work" at a hospital where there was a "significant rise" in the number of healthy babies dying, a court has heard.

A hospital neonatal nurse accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor ...

Police launched an investigation into the deaths of a number of babies at the hospital in May 2017. "Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. Johnson said Letby was on duty when both were poisoned. Letby earlier pleaded not guilty to the charges. He added that prosecutors believed the collapses and deaths of all 17 babies were the work of Letby, who he described as a "constant malevolent presence" at the hospital's neonatal unit when the children collapsed or died. Lucy Letby, 32, has been charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls, while she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 2015 and 2016.

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of 15 more.

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A British nurse was a "poisoner at work" in the newborn hospital ward where she allegedly murdered seven babies and attempted to kill several more, ...

A neo-natal nurse went on trial in Britain on Monday, charged with the murder of seven babies in her care and the attempted killing of 10 others.

One review suggested that in the 12 months from mid-2015, two children were poisoned with insulin. Some who collapsed did not respond to appropriate treatment. "The presence of one of the neo-natal nurses and that nurse was Lucy Letby."

Lucy Letby, who had specialist training in care for the sickest babies at the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester, is alleged to have gone on a ...

His elder sister was attacked 28 hours later on the night of 9/10 June, but she survived. His younger twin (Child F) was also attacked but survived. Child L & M: Twin boys. Only Letby was on shift when all the babies were harmed. Today, six children were mentioned in court. "But unlike many other hospitals in the UK and unlike many other neonatal units in the UK, within the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester a poisoner was at work," he said.

A hospital neonatal nurse accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor.

Police launched an investigation into the deaths of a number of babies at the hospital in May 2017. "Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. Letby earlier pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Lucy Letby, 32, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others.

“That was the first of her days off, having come off duty at about 8am. “She was the only person in the room when Child C collapsed – just as she had been by the side of Child A when he collapsed and had been one of two in the room when Child B collapsed. The designated nurse was “out of the room” and was “called back by Lucy Letby” when the child first began to deteriorate, Mr Johnson said. “Although she was ill, she was responding well to treatment and was not expected to deteriorate,” the prosecutor said. He continued: “So far as the nursing staff were concerned, Lucy Letby was the only person working when Child C died who had also been working when Child A died and Child B had collapsed. “She texted an off-duty colleague saying that she had wanted to be in room 1 because it would be cathartic for her – in other words it would help her wellbeing, she was saying - to see a living baby in the space previously occupied by a dead baby (Child A), the baby who had died a few days earlier under her care.”

Day two in the trial of Lucy Letby, who had specialist training in care for the sickest babies at the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester Hospital, ...

Letby went on to show a "very unusual interest" in Child E's family, said Mr Johnson, with social media searches on them two days after the youngster's death and again on numerous occasions in the following months, including "even on Christmas Day". Following Child E's death in the early hours of 4 August, the Crown said Letby made "fraudulent" nursing notes which were "false, misleading and designed to cover her tracks". Mr Johnson told the jury: "We say, tragically for (Child D) her bad luck or fate was the fact that Lucy Letby was working in the neo-natal unit that night." He then moved on to detailing the death of Child D, who the Crown say was murdered by Letby with an intentional injection of air into the bloodstream. It doesn't really leave much trace." He said on the afternoon of 14 June, 2015 - hours after Child C died - the defendant searched on Facebook for the youngster's parents.

Lucy Letby told the mother of a distressed baby "trust me I'm a nurse", her murder trial hears.

At the time, three children had died and one had had a life-threatening episode in the neonatal unit and "only Lucy Letby was the constant presence", the court was told. "Lucy Letby was the only person working on the night shift when child C died who had also been working on either of the shifts when child A died and his twin sister child B collapsed." Mr Johnson told the court Ms Letby's method of attacking the babies in the neonatal unit was "beginning to develop". The court heard the nurse urged the mother of child E to go back to the postnatal ward, which she did, but was so concerned that she phoned her husband. Ms Letby attempted to reassure the mother that the blood was due to the tube irritating his throat, the court heard. Manchester Crown Court heard child E's mother did not realise he was being attacked and was told by the nurse the blood from his mouth was due to a tube.

LONDON — A neonatal nurse charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to kill 10 others was accused in court of injecting newborns with air and ...

Letby was on duty when the newborns were allegedly poisoned — and was present every time “things took a turn for the worse for these 17 children,” Johnson said. In 2017, they called police, whose review of the evidence suggested that two children were poisoned with insulin by someone at the neonatal unit, he added. Our thoughts continue to be with all the families involved.” An autopsy could not determine his cause of death. “Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. Doctors noticed that

Defendant accused of murdering seven babies allegedly said 'trust me, I'm a nurse' when interrupted.

Relatives of some of her alleged victims sat in the public gallery metres to her right. This, the prosecution alleged, was Letby trying to establish an “alibi in someone else’s medical records”. This, Johnson said, was “a big mistake”. He added: “She did not realise it at the time but I’m going to suggest why you can be confident that is what happened. She told her friend she wanted “to see a living baby in the space that had previously been occupied by a dead baby”, the jury of eight women and four men was told. A mother of twins walked in on a nurse attempting to murder one of her baby boys who then told her: “Trust me, I’m a nurse,” a court has heard.