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Baby murder trial told: ‘We can’t bring Preston back’

Preston Davey died following months of alleged abuse, jurors were told.

Evening Standard · Jun 9

Teacher accused of sexual abuse and murder of adopted baby denies making up ‘drowning’ story

Jamie Varley was questioned about the day 13-month-old Preston Davey died in 2023

The Independent UK · May 22

Lucy Letby case expert witness was under fitness-to-practise investigation during trial

Exclusive: Jury was never told about inquiry into key prosecution witness Peter Hindmarsh, which looked into allegations including of harm to patients

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

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14 years in jail for man who assisted suicide

Miles Cross, 33, sold a deadly substance online for £100 to four vulnerable individuals.

Evening Standard · Jan 7

Suspect's Brutal Prison Beating Follows Naming His Gunman Co-defendant

At Liverpool Crown Court, murder suspect Connor Walsh is facing intense scrutiny as his testimony reveals a turbulent series of events both inside and outside the prison.

The Fashion Central · Feb 8, 2025

Lucy Letby refused permission to appeal against attempted murder conviction

Nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more was able to have fair trial, judges rule

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

Lucy Letby appeal: Killer nurse loses appeal against attempted murder conviction

Former nurse is serving a whole life prison sentence after she was convicted of seven murders and seven attempted murders against babies in her care

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

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Letby retrial ‘should not have gone ahead due to overwhelming prejudice’

Letby, 34, was sentenced to 15 whole life orders for her crimes.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

Inside the Lucy Letby trial: Doctors’ desperation, babies’ pain – and the indifference of their killer

In August 2023, Nigel Bunyan reported on the harrowing evidence the jury in the first trial heard from the parents, and doctors and nurses left traumatised by the suffering inflicted by Lucy Letby

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

A scrum of spectators and an elephant in the room during Lucy Letby retrial

There was keen interest in seeing the former nurse give evidence and at one point she gave a flicker of emotion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Lucy Letby denies tampering with baby’s breathing tube in ‘murder attempt’

Former nurse tells court it was hospital policy to wait and see if a baby ‘self-corrected’ rather than intervene immediately

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

Court hears killer nurse Lucy Letby was ‘caught virtually red-handed’ dislodging child’s breathing tube

Letby, 34, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of the attempted murder of a baby, known as Child K

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

Lucy Letby denies having killed babies at attempted murder trial

Nurse convicted last year of seven murders takes stand for first time in attempted murder trial

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

Lucy Letby ‘caught virtually red-handed’ trying to kill newborn baby, new trial hears

Ex-nurse being retried on one count of attempted murder, with jury told on first day of her other convictions

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024

Lucy Letby trial: Serial killer nurse accused of trying to kill premature baby

Jurors have been told Lucy Letby’s murder and attempted murder convictions are relevant to this trial

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Lucy Letby becomes fourth woman in UK to receive whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies – as it happened

Judge said ‘lifelong harm has been caused in horrific circumstances’ as he addresses empty dock

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

What were Lucy Letby’s possible motives for murdering babies?

What led the serial killer nurse to commit her crimes may never be fully known, but jurors were told of several possibilities

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The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Attention-seeking Letby had ‘crush’ on doctor colleague, court heard

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

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023

Nurse Lucy Letby convicted of baby murders on hospital ward as Government launches inquiry

The ‘Angel of Death’ nurse wept when the first guilty verdicts were delivered after a nine-month trial

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of murdering seven babies in their hospital cots

The 33-year-old poisoned newborn victims by administering insulin, overfeeding them with milk, and injecting them with air at the Countess of Chester Hospital, her trial heard

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Nurse Lucy Letby convicted of murdering seven babies at hospital neonatal unit

Prosecutors said Letby was a ‘calculated opportunist’ who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick infants to camouflage her acts.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023

Lucy Letby ‘playing God’ when she attacked and killed babies, court hears

Nurse believed she could do ‘whatever she wanted’ when she murdered two triplets and attacked third baby, jury told

Liverpool Echo · Jun 20, 2023

Lucy Letby 'attacked three babies after Ibiza holiday', court told

Letby is said to have been "completely out of control" by the time she returned from Spain

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse ‘gaslighted’ hospital staff to hide ‘murderous assaults’, court told

Nurse tried to persuade colleagues baby collapses were just ‘run of bad luck’, prosecutor says in closing speech

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