The Latest Breaking News from Lucy Letby

The Cabinet minister said he stood by this view unless this conclusion is successfully challenged in the courts

Former head of nursing at Countess of Chester says Letby ‘cried in my arms’ after being removed from the ward

Karen Rees said: ‘She cried in my arms on a weekly basis. It was harrowing’

Lucy Letby was convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in her care at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England between 2015 and 2016.

In my view the trial was fundamentally flawed, and action must be taken before it causes yet more suffering for those involved, says Neena Modi, a professor of neonatal medicine

Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster’s news articles as source

Lucy Letby, the former NHS nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, has reportedly formed a friendship with a notorious prisoner.

Exclusive: ‘No scientific justification’ to say former nurse definitely poisoned babies with insulin, according to study authors

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby back into the spotlight. At a press conference convened by Letby’s legal team, the experts cast doubt over the former nurse’s conviction. Letby was given 15 whole-life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

The Lucy Letby case is the latest in a number of UK criminal medical cases that, beyond the rights and wrongs of each verdict, raise serious questions around how such cases are tried – especially when the evidence is limited, complex, and circumstantial. These cases often rely heavily on expert…

This is not just about one terrible set of allegations. Health, the law, checks and balances: it is testing public confidence in everything, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff