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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jacob Phillips

Lucy Letby's 'I am evil' so-called confession notes 'were written as part of therapy'

Personal notes that helped convict child serial killer Lucy Letby were written on the advice of counsellors to help the nurse deal with extreme stress, it has been reported.

Densely written post-it notes and torn sheets of paper, which included phrases such as “I am evil I did this” and “I killed them on purpose because I am not good enough to care for them” were relied on when Letby was on trial.

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