Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Lucy Letby appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court where she is charged with the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of another 10, between June 2015 and June 2016 while working on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital (Elizabeth Cook/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)
A “poisoner was at work” in the heart of a hospital maternity unit who killed seven babies and attempted to kill 10 others, a court has heard.
Lucy Letby, 32, was working as a midwife in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester hospital in Chester when she is alleged to have carried out the attacks between mid 2015 and mid 2016.
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