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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Kim Pilling

Former Letby hospital boss told serial child killer: ‘Lucy, you astound me’

Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Lucy Letby giving evidence at her trial (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Wire)

Months after Lucy Letby was removed from caring for babies over patient safety concerns, then-hospital chief executive Tony Chambers told her: “Your resilience, Lucy, you astound me.”

The conversation took place in December 2016 after the child serial killer was redeployed to an administrative role at the Countess of Chester Hospital following consultant paediatricians voicing fears she may have been deliberately harming infants.

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