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Lucy Letby verdict: What charges has nurse accused of baby murders been convicted of?

Letby had denied murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others during course of her work on neonatal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital

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When was Lucy Letby arrested? Key dates in the investigation of baby-killing nurse

Letby was accused of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital

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Judge-led statutory inquiry needed on Letby murders, Tory health committee chair says

Conservative MP Steve Brine expressed concern over the effectiveness of the inquiry announced by the Government.

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The chilling ‘souvenirs’ of baby deaths killer nurse Lucy Letby kept under her bed

The record of emergency drugs provided to the infant was written on a paper towel during his 30-minute resuscitation

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When will Lucy Letby be sentenced and where will she be in prison?

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

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Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case

Public inquiry that is now almost inevitable will need to examine failings of people and processes – and result in meaningful changes

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Lucy Letby NHS trust chair says hospital bosses misled the board

Sir Duncan Nichol says board was told there was ‘no criminal activity pointing to any one individual’ after reviews in late 2016

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Ministers ‘dragging feet’ on forcing killers to court as Lucy Letby to skip sentencing

Calls for change come as senior doctor calls for hospital executives who failed to act on concerns about Letby to be investigated for corporate manslaughter

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Lucy Letby news – latest: Serial killer nurse ‘refuses to sit in dock’ as she is set to be sentenced

Letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more

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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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Lucy Letby confirms yet confounds our ideas of a serial killer

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

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Police urged to probe Lucy Letby hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

Hospital executives were ‘grossly negligent’ for not acting on complaints about the killer nurse with greater urgency, it has been claimed

The Independent UK

Hospital chief claims he acted ‘promptly’ to move Letby off ward

Tony Chambers says he was not aware of serious concerns being raised until June 2016 – a year after the nurse was linked to a series of unusual infant deaths

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – August 20

Sunday’s front pages are packed with optimism for an England win in the Women’s World Cup final.

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Lucy Letby: Police urged to probe hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

Hospital executives were ‘grossly negligent’ for not acting on complaints about the killer nurse with greater urgency, it has been claimed.

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The Observer view: only a robust inquiry will hold NHS to account over Lucy Letby murders

Families need answers from the trust that allowed preventable deaths to happen

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Lucy Letby: Police urged to investigate hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

Key prosecution witness in the trial of the serial killer nurse calls for inquiry into ‘grossly negligent’ executives

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Whistleblowers ‘treated like the problem’ – doctors’ union calls for reform

Numerous staff raised concerns about the actions of killer Lucy Letby for months before police were eventually called.

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Lucy Letby inquiry witnesses must be compelled to testify, families say

Relatives of two of nurse’s newborn victims say inquiry ordered by health secretary is inadequate

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‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’: Why wasn’t Lucy Letby stopped as months of murder went by?

It took almost two years for the police to be called in to investigate baby deaths at the Countess of Chester hospital. Now, after Letby’s conviction, a picture of ‘Kafkaesque’ obfuscation is emerging

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Call for full public inquiry to investigate Letby murders

Lawyers representing the families of two of Lucy Letby’s victims have said the Government-ordered independent inquiry is ‘inadequate’.

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Families of Lucy Letby’s victims demand full public inquiry into serial killer nurse

One of the doctors instrumental in finally stopping Letby’s heinous campaign demanded NHS bosses be forced to ‘acknowledge that their actions potentially facilitated a mass-murderer’

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby’s hospital faces mounting pressure over killer nurse

The Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby worked is under scrutiny over why the nurse was not removed from the neonatal unit sooner

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

The Independent UK

Could Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner? The missed opportunities to catch a killer revealed

External review into the Countess of Chester hospital – which has not yet been published – expected to find multiple failings, The Independent understands

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