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

Lucy Letby NHS trust chair says hospital bosses misled the board

Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby, 33, was on Friday found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the Countess of Chester hospital Photograph: Cheshire constabulary/PA Media

The former chair of the NHS trust where the serial killer Lucy Letby worked has said the board was “misled” by hospital executives.

Sir Duncan Nichol, who was the board’s chair, said it was told there was “no criminal activity pointing to any one individual” after two hospital-commissioned reviews in late 2016.

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