The Latest Breaking News from Manchester Crown Court

Letby challenge bid against latest conviction to be heard by Court of Appeal

Lucy Letby is seeking to challenge a conviction for the attempted murder of a newborn girl, known as Child K.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

Lucy Letby 'could have accessed baby death reports after removal from neonatal unit'

The Thirlwall Inquiry heard from a former colleague who felt it was ‘not appropriate’ Letby was moved to the hospital’s patient safety office

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024

Letby ‘could have accessed baby death reports after removal from neonatal unit’

The Thirlwall Inquiry heard from a former colleague who felt it was ‘not appropriate’ Letby was moved to the hospital’s patient safety office.

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024

Predatory maths teacher Rebecca Joynes found guilty of sex with two schoolboys

Joynes, 30, convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child and two of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust

The Independent UK · May 17, 2024

Tech Justice: Decrypted Messages Bust Major Drug Gang, Crack £16 Million Drug Deal

Police cracked the Huyton Firm's encrypted messages, leading to over 30 arrests for drug disputes and violent threats.

International Business Times UK · May 10, 2024

Brianna Ghey’s mother remembers murdered daughter’s ‘fearlessness’ and praises ‘outstanding’ trans community

‘I’m trying to be a bit more like Brianna because she was happy being who she was,’ teen’s mother says

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023

Teenage murderers of Brianna Ghey can be named, judge rules

Murderers of teenager Brianna Ghey will be named by the media when they are sentenced, a judge has ruled.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Brianna Ghey's teenage killers can be named in February when they are sentenced, judge rules

Murderers of teenager Brianna Ghey will be named by the media when they are sentenced, a judge has ruled.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Brianna Ghey: Judge to decide if transgender girl's teenage killers can be named by media

Two teenagers, identified only as girl X and boy Y, were convicted on Wednesday of murdering Brianna

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Kills lists, Sweeney Todd and the dark web: how torture-obsessed teens plotted Brianna Ghey’s murder

Girl who called herself a Satanist began to fantasise about killing people from as young as age 14, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2023