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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Evans

‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’: How Lucy Letby comforted her victims’ parents as she hid evil secret

Cheshire Constabulary

For a mother whose newborn was gravely ill in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital, she was a ray of light: a calm, comforting nurse who guided her through her most desperate moments as her child lay listless in his cot.

“Trust me, I’m a nurse,” she smiled at her, and the mother did, completely. But within hours, her baby boy was dead, and the nurse in whom she had placed so much trust, who had been by her side through the darkest time of her life, was responsible.

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