We all hope that our friends will stick by us through the worst life has to offer. But, thankfully, few of us will be confronted with the sort of nightmare faced by the loved ones of Lucy Letby — the neonatal nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others.
It’s hard to know what to say about this awful case. Every detail of the suffering caused to the infants and their grieving families is heartbreaking. But what I also found shocking were the reactions of some of Letby’s friends, particularly a school pal called Dawn. Speaking to the BBC’s Panorama before Letby’s conviction, Dawn seemed to speak for a wider group of friends, when she said “we stand by her”.
