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Parents of Letby’s victims suspected deliberate harm before police investigation

Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill six others while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby victims’ parents tell killer nurse she is ‘nothing’

‘My family will never think of you again from this day,’ the 33-year-old murderer was told.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby sentencing: Court hears harrowing statements from families of killer nurse’s victims

Parents of babies who nurse murdered or attempted to kill spoke of their grief in emotional victim impact statements at the child killer’s sentencing hearing

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British nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison over killing of seven newborns

A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation" of her actions.

France 24

Lucy Letby: How the ‘average nurse’ turned into one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

Letby, who has been found guilty of murdering seven babies, took advantage of her position to kill in plain sight. But despite a 10-month trial, we’re no closer to understanding the motive behind her horrifying crimes

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies

Former nurse will never be released from prison as judge describes ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’

The Guardian - UK

Nursing boss suspended following Letby trial - OLD

Alison Kelly is nursing director at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford.

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Lucy Letby: why wasn’t nurse caught sooner?

Lucy Letby has been jailed for life today, with no chance of parole, for the murder of seven newborns and attempting to kill another six, making her the most prolific baby killer in modern British history.

The Week

Court hears harrowing statements from families of Lucy Letby’s victims - old

Parents of babies whom Lucy Letby murdered or attempted to kill spoke of their grief in emotional victim impact statements at her sentencing hearing.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby jailed for life: Nurse refuses to face court in ‘final act of wickedness’

Anguish and fury of murdered babies’ families as ‘devil’ nurse refuses to face them in court – and judge gives her full-life term citing her ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for murder of seven babies

Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, will spend the rest of her life in prison after being given a whole-life order at Manchester Crown Court for the murders of…

The National (Scotland)

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

More than a dozen relatives of the nurse’s victims sat in the public gallery at Manchester Crown Court for the hearing on Monday.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Baby murders and attempted murders ‘contrary to human instincts’ - OLD

Letby murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Senior NHS manager ‘who ignored concerns’ over killer nurse suspended from new role

Former chief nurse suspended as families call for full public inquiry into killings

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Watch: Lucy Letby sentenced for murdering newborn babies at Chester hospital

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

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Even in defeat, Lionesses demonstrate they are the real deal

England came agonisingly close to adding the World Cup to last year’s European Championship, denied only by a fine Spain side and a solitary goal in the final.

The Independent UK

Mother of baby murdered by Lucy Letby says killer nurse chose gown child was buried in

Warning: distressing content. Families of Lucy Letby’s victims have told sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court about the pain serial killer nurse has caused them

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP slammed for backing death penalty with sharing of Thatcher clip

A TORY MP has been condemned after expressing support for the return of the death penalty.

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby ‘cowardly’ for failing to attend sentencing, says Rishi Sunak

The Prime Minister said the Government is looking at changing the law so criminals are forced to attend their sentencing hearings.

The Independent UK

Whole-life orders: The sentence that sees criminals likely to die behind bars

Lucy Letby could join a string of the country’s most dangerous offenders if she is handed the sentence.

The Independent UK

UK judge set to sentence Lucy Letby, the most prolific child killer in modern UK history

A judge is set to sentence Lucy Letby, the most prolific child killer in modern U.K. history, for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospital in northern England

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Families of Lucy Letby victims tell absent killer nurse: ‘You are nothing’ - OLD

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters on Monday it was ‘cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims’.

The Independent UK

Britain’s most prolific child murderer not in dock for sentencing hearing - OLD

The neo-natal nurse faces a whole life order when Mr Justice Goss hands down her sentence at Manchester Crown Court later.

The Independent UK

Former nursing chief ‘wasn’t given enough information to remove Lucy Letby’

Karen Rees said she did not have enough information to justify removing the killer nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

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