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William Warnes

Lucy Letby ‘innocent’ and regularly ‘cried in my arms’, says ex-head of nursing

Lucy Letby has been in prison for over a year - (PA)

A retired head of nursing at Lucy Letby’s hospital has claimed the convicted killer is innocent, describing “shocking” meetings with the nurse who “cried in my arms”.

Letby, 35, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016.

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