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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Lucy Letby denies being a ‘very calculating’ serial killer in court

Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby is accused of fatally injecting newborn babies with insulin, air or milk during a 12-month period at the Countess of Chester hospital. Photograph: Facebook

Lucy Letby has denied she is a “very calculating” serial killer who has deliberately misled the jury in her trial over the alleged murder of babies.

On a tense final day of cross-examination, the nurse admitted she was “drinking fizz and going to the races” and was very active socially at a time she claimed her life had been devastated.

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