Accused nurse was ‘hovering around’ evening before baby’s death, mother tells court

The mother of a baby allegedly murdered by Lucy Letby has described the nurse “hovering around” them the evening before her death.

The baby, referred to as child D, died on June 22 2015 at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. The prosecution in the trial of Letby, 32, allege child D was the third child murdered by the nurse in a two-week period, with another baby suffering a life-threatening collapse during that time.

Giving evidence at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday, child D’s mother described seeing Letby in the neonatal unit the evening before her daughter’s death.