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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Who is Lucy Letby, and why does her case remain contested even as a UK inquiry blames hospital failures?

A British public inquiry concluded on Tuesday that hospital managers could have stopped nurse Lucy Letby from killing more babies in her care had they acted against her sooner, delivering its long-awaited findings nearly two years after she was convicted, Reuters reported.

Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison terms for murdering seven newborns and attempting to murder eight more between June 2015 and June 2016 while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital (CoCH) in northern England.

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