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Government orders independent inquiry into Lucy Letby murders

Inquiry will look at circumstances surrounding babies’ deaths at Countess of Chester hospital

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby whistleblower says babies would have lived if hospital had acted sooner

Exclusive: Dr Stephen Brearey accuses Countess of Chester trust of failing to properly address concerns about nurse who killed babies

The Guardian - UK

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Families of four babies left waiting for answers as Letby jury discharged

After more than 110 hours of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach verdicts on six charges of attempted murder.

The Independent UK

Mother says Letby tried to harm her baby son in act of revenge

When medical emergencies occurred at the hospital, colleagues would say ‘I wonder if Lucy’s working tonight?’, the mother said.

The Independent UK

Lessons continue to be learned after Lucy Letby murders, says hospital boss

The neonatal nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby verdict – latest: Doctors who flagged concerns over killer nurse ‘were ordered to apologise’

Consultants warned for months that the nurse had been the only medic present during the sudden collapses and deaths of a number of premature babies

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Government orders independent inquiry into Letby case

City of Chester MP Samantha Dixon had called for a ‘full, independent and public inquiry’.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: how did a nurse commit such unthinkable murders?

Trial detailed the deaths of newborns and harm done to other babies – but we may never know why she became a murderer

The Guardian - UK

Timeline of Lucy Letby’s attacks on babies and when alarm was raised

How events unfolded in neonatal unit where killer nurse worked at Countess of Chester hospital

The Guardian - UK

Families of Letby’s victims ‘heartbroken’ and ‘angry’ as nurse is convicted

Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of carrying out the attacks at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Inquiry to be held into ‘Angel of Death’ nurse who murdered babies at hospital

The government has ordered an independent inquiry after nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of the murder of seven babies and attempting to kill six others in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Evening Standard

‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses

Mother and father whose boys survived nurse’s attack say Countess of Chester hospital did not act on doctors’ concerns

The Guardian - UK

‘Beige’ Lucy Letby may never reveal motive for murders, say detectives

But they said they were able to unravel the nurse’s ‘massive deceit’, which led to her convictions.

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The Guardian - UK

Faced with evil like Lucy Letby’s, we yearn for a rational explanation. Sometimes there is none

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

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby always wanted to work with children, court heard

After completing her A-levels at a sixth form college, she went on to study nursing at the University of Chester.

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

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

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby case police review 4,000 neonatal unit admissions

It will examine babies in care throughout the duration of the killer nurse’s career.

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The Independent UK

Cunning Letby ‘brainwashed’ colleagues, says case lawyer

Her trial heard the nurse was able to persuade others that the number of deaths on the neonatal unit was just down to ‘bad luck’.

The Independent UK

Footage shows killer nurse Lucy Letby being arrested at her home

Letby appears composed and not visibly upset as she is put in the back of the police car.

The Independent UK

MP calls for public inquiry into Letby case

The nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.

The Independent UK

Messages sent by killer nurse Lucy Letby during murder spree

The nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care.

The Independent UK

What the prosecution and defence said about each child in the Lucy Letby trial

The nurse faced charges over 17 children.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby first showed emotion during trial when ‘crush’ colleague gave evidence

The killer nurse betrayed no emotion in court until February 16 when a medic, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, confirmed his name.

The Independent UK

Two insulin poisonings not flagged up to medics with Letby concerns, trial heard

Consultant Dr John Gibbs told the court ‘we didn’t have the full picture’.

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