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The Latest Breaking News from Lucy Letby

Full judicial inquiry into horror Lucy Letby killings moves step closer

As pressure grows on NHS managers accused of ignoring doctors’ warnings

Evening Standard

Tuesday briefing: Life term for UK’s worst child killer

In today’s newsletter: serious questions have been raised after the trial and conviction of a serial baby murderer • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby news – latest: Whistleblower hits out at NHS failings after concerns about killer nurse ignored

Warning: distressing content. Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more

The Independent UK

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Justice secretary vows quick law change after Lucy Letby refused to appear for her sentencing

Labour told the Conservatives to ‘get on with’ plans to compel offenders to appear in court for sentencings

The Independent UK

Newspapers rally behind law change as Letby refuses to attend sentencing

Government urged to bring in legislation after child killer avoided facing families of her victims.

The Independent UK

Mother of shooting victim Olivia expresses sympathy for Letby victims’ families: ‘Heart goes out to them’

Cheryl Korbel, the mother of schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel, has been campaigning for a change in the law to force criminals to appear in court

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby motive: Why did serial killer nurse murder seven babies?

Prosecutors put forward several possible motives as to why Letby murdered babies

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What the papers say – August 22

The sentencing of serial child killer Lucy Letby dominates the front pages as she refuses to appear in court.

The Independent UK

Law change ‘at earliest opportunity’ so offenders can be forced to attend sentencing

Labour told the Conservatives to ‘get on with’ plans to compel offenders to appear in court for sentencings.

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: poll backs rent caps, Catholic hospitals refusing abortions, Trump set US$200,000 bond

Our latest Essential poll shows three-quarters back help for tenants, and we reveal how publicly funded facilities are limiting women’s care

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Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak for law change after ‘cowardly’ Lucy Letby avoids facing victims’ families at sentencing

Britain’s worst child killer was absent from the dock at Manchester Crown Court as she was given a whole-life term

Evening Standard

Former Missouri respiratory therapist sentenced to 18 years in prison over 2002 patient deaths

In 2002, nine patients died at Hedrick Medical Center over a several month period, a series of events that charging documents called ‘medically suspicious’

The Independent UK

Inside Low Newton: the high security prison that will house Lucy Letby

Durham facility is regarded as safe by inspectors and houses Joanna Dennehy, who also received a whole life order

The Guardian - UK

‘Lucy Letby has destroyed our lives’ – the family victim statements

Families of Lucy Letby’s baby victims give emotional and harrowing impact statements during sentencing

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Lucy Letby inquiry could be upgraded to compel witnesses, No 10 indicates

Rishi Sunak facing pressure from families and medical experts to put planned inquiry on statutory footing

Evening Standard

Mum of Olivia Pratt-Korbel furious as Lucy Letby snubs victims’ families

Killers absence from court is a “punch in the stomach”, says Cheryl Korbel

The Independent UK

An empty dock and a final act of cowardice: inside the Lucy Letby sentencing

Victims’ parents described the pain Letby had inflicted on them – but she wasn’t there to hear them

The Guardian - UK

‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss

The murderer would not appear in the dock, as families told of lives turned upside down by horror and grief

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The Independent UK

Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes

She was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

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Lucy Letby refused to face her victims' families as she was given a whole-life order

The Independent UK

The cowardly killers who refused to face their victims’ families in court

Lucy Letby was branded a coward for refusing to appear for her sentencing

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby victim was buried in woollen gown chosen as gift by killer nurse, court told

Mother of victim said she felt ‘sickened’ by the decision

The Independent UK

Killer nurse Letby has destroyed our lives, say parents of murdered triplets

The deaths in June 2016 were the ‘tipping point’ for consultants who suspected Letby was to blame.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby victims’ families may receive less than £13,000 in NHS compensation

Compensation for families affected by NHS negligence is capped in law

The Independent UK

Where will Lucy Letby go to prison? Inside jail where killer nurse expected to spend rest of her days

Killer nurse will likely be incarcerated at HMP Low Newton, which previously housed murderer Rosemary West

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