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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby appealing against conviction for baby murders

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Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has formally lodged a Court of Appeal bid to challenge her conviction for murdering babies.

Letby, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after jurors convicted her of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. Court staff said on Friday that they had received an application for permission to appeal.

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