Lucy Letby was ‘constant malevolent’ presence on neonatal ward, court hears

Lucy Letby. The prosecutor told the jury many of the deaths or sudden collapses of babies occurred during the nurse’s night shifts. Photograph: Facebook

A nurse murdered seven babies and attempted to kill 10 others by poisoning them on a hospital neonatal unit where she was a “constant malevolent presence”, a court has heard.

Lucy Letby, 32, fatally injected newborns with insulin, air or milk during night shifts when she knew their parents would not be present, a jury was told.