On October 10, 2022, Lucy Letby pleaded not guilty to all counts as her trial at Manchester Crown Court commenced. Over the ensuing 10 months, the court heard harrowing evidence including testimonies from bereaved family members and Letby’s colleagues. One mother recounted walking into the neonatal ward to find her baby screaming with blood coming out of his mouth, and Letby standing over him.
The witness testified that Letby nonchalantly blamed the blood on a nasogastric tube, a feeding tube inserted through the nose and into the stomach, saying “Trust me, I’m a nurse”. Tragically, the baby died just hours later, and Letby later sent a sympathy card to the family, with images of the card later discovered on her phone, reported by the Mirror.
