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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Kim Pilling

CPS decision not to charge Letby over six more babies upheld

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby, 36, will not face further charges over alleged harm to six more babies (Cheshire Constabulary/PA) - (PA Media)

Families of six more babies said to have been harmed by serial killer nurse Lucy Letby have failed in their bid to overturn a decision not to prosecute her further.

In January the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ruled no new criminal charges would be brought against Letby over potential offences of attempted murder and murder involving nine children, including two who died, as the “evidential test was not met”.

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