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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Kim Pilling & Kate Lally

'Inexplicable events' led to Lucy Letby's murder arrest

A doctor has explained a number of "unusual" and "inexplicable events" that at the Countess of Chester Hospital that ultimately led to Lucy Letby's arrest.

Dr Ravi Jayaram said a "chill went down my spine" when he found a possible explanation for numerous collapses of babies, the murder trial of Lucy Letby was told on Wednesday. The doctor said a string of events that could not be explained prompted a meeting of consultants at the end of June 2016.

Nurse Letby, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others on various dates between June 8, 2015 and June 25, 2016.

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