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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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’.
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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.
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MP calls for public inquiry into Letby case
The nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.
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Messages sent by killer nurse Lucy Letby during murder spree
The nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care.
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