Live: Lucy Letby sentenced for murdering newborn babies at Chester hospital
Nurse Lucy Letby, the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, will die in prison as she has been sentenced to a whole life order at a hearing she refused to attend.
Judge Mr Justice Goss handed the baby murderer the rare sentence, which is life imprisonment with no possibility of release, at Manchester Crown Court on Monday, telling her: “You will spend the rest of your life in prison.”
The 33-year-old was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder six others when she was working on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She deliberately injected newborns with air, force-fed others milk, or poisoned them with insulin.
However, the nurse indicated to her legal team last week that she would not take any part in the hearing, while the judge said the court has no power to force a defendant to attend a sentencing.
