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Lucy Letby refused permission to appeal against attempted murder conviction

Nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more was able to have fair trial, judges rule

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

Lucy Letby appeal: Killer nurse loses appeal against attempted murder conviction

Former nurse is serving a whole life prison sentence after she was convicted of seven murders and seven attempted murders against babies in her care

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

Lucy Letby loses bid to challenge conviction over attempted murder of baby girl

The former neonatal nurse’s retrial for trying to kill Child K should not have gone ahead due to ‘overwhelming and irremediable prejudice’, her lawyer argued

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

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Letby retrial ‘should not have gone ahead due to overwhelming prejudice’

Letby, 34, was sentenced to 15 whole life orders for her crimes.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

Lucy Letby: Britain’s most prolific child killer remains remorseless

The former nurse will spend the rest of her life in prison without parole after she was handed her fifteenth whole life order

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

How has Lucy Letby tried to fight guilty verdicts and what could happen next?

After the convicted killer was refused permission to appeal, she has few options left

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

TV paediatrician played central role in Lucy Letby retrial

Prosecution case rested largely on testimony of Dr Ravi Jayaram, who was said to have walked in on murder attempt

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

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A scrum of spectators and an elephant in the room during Lucy Letby retrial

There was keen interest in seeing the former nurse give evidence and at one point she gave a flicker of emotion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Lucy Letby trial: mother describes stopping life support for baby daughter

Former nurse accused of attempting to murder Baby K by displacing breathing tube days before death

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Lucy Letby becomes fourth woman in UK to receive whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies – as it happened

Judge said ‘lifelong harm has been caused in horrific circumstances’ as he addresses empty dock

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Lucy Letby: Jury retires in trial of nurse accused of murdering seven babies

Lucy Letby denies seven counts of murder and 15 counts of attempted murder from her time as a neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester hospital

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Lucy Letby an ‘obvious target’ for hospital that failed babies, court told

Defence lawyer tells murder trial that ‘committed’ nurse had nothing to do with ‘terrible failings’ on neonatal unit

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Lucy Letby sobs in court as she recalls ‘traumatic’ death of baby at her hospital

Nurse allegedly killed five-day-old boy before poisoning his twin brother with insulin

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

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