Tag Archives: Lucy Letby

Lucy Letby conviction ‘scares’ nurses away from continuing to work for NHS

Nurses have written an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer warning that the Lucy Letby case leaves them “terrified” of continuing to work in the NHS if they are held unfairly responsible for deaths in their care. The group of 19 nurses came together to argue that Letby’s latest convictions had “consequences” for the nursing… Read More »

CPS admits mistakes over Letby evidence

The prosecution has admitted that evidence given about which staff entered and exited the baby unit in the Lucy Letby case was inaccurate. Letby was found guilty of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of six people at the Countess of Chester Hospital last August. In a retrial earlier this year, the… Read More »

Lucy Letby’s chilling fate in prison as she spends the rest of her life as a ‘target’

Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison as a ‘target’, a former prison officer has claimed. The former nurse was told she would die behind bars after being given an additional life sentence for the attempted murder of a baby girl earlier this month. Letby, 34, was found guilty at Manchester… Read More »

‘There is a possibility that this would be a terrible injustice’

After Lucy Letby was found guilty of seven murders and seven attempted murders, questions began to arise about some of the evidence used to convict the former nurse. On Tuesday, The Telegraph examined concerns in the arguments used to convict Letby. Telegraph readers have expressed their views on the guilty verdict. ‘Ms Letby is disappointed… Read More »