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In August 2023, Nigel Bunyan reported on the harrowing evidence the jury in the first trial heard from the parents, and doctors and nurses left traumatised by the suffering inflicted by Lucy Letby

Catherine Hudson drugged two patients on the stroke ward of Blackpool Victoria Hospital to give herself an easier life. She has been jailed for seven years and two months. Her colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, who conspired with her to drug a third patient, was given a three-year jail term.

Other lives: GP who served the same practice in Greater Manchester for more than a quarter of a century

British nurse Lucy Letby was last week sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants in her care, and attempting to murder a further six.

Ministry of Justice confirmed 70 criminals are currently serving a whole-life order in UK

Letters: Dr Chris Clough and David Canter on people with psychopathic traits

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

Her silence is a hallmark of the serial killer, but ‘beige’ nurse did not display the usual warning signs

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

It is right to hold an inquiry, but the hunt for ‘lessons to be learned’ and a system to blame can easily go too far, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

As Letby, 33, is convicted of murder of seven babies, we take a look at some of the country’s most shocking murderers