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

Lucy Letby likely to have harmed other babies, doctor tells inquiry

Dr Stephen Brearey
Dr Stephen Brearey told the inquiry it was ‘likely that Letby didn’t start becoming a killer in June 2015, or didn’t start harming babies in June 2015’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Lucy Letby was likely to have harmed more babies than those she has been convicted of murdering on a hospital neonatal unit, a senior doctor has told a public inquiry.

Dr Stephen Brearey, a consultant paediatrician who raised concerns about the nurse, told the Thirlwall inquiry he believed Letby “didn’t start becoming a killer” in June 2015 and that she may have had earlier victims.

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