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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Simon Murphy

Lucy Letby trial: ‘Poisoner’ neo-natal nurse accused of murdering 7 babies

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A “poisoner was at work” at a hospital neo-natal unit where a nurse is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill 10 more during a year-long spree, a court has heard.

Lucy Letby – described as “the constant malevolent presence when things took a turn for the worse for these 17 children” – is accused of trying to murder some of the infants multiple times.

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