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Drug dealer sentenced for killing pensioner after pulling wheelie on e-bike

Dylan Green, 20, was detained for eight years and three months in a young offenders institution for causing death by dangerous driving.

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025

Lucy Letby told police her presence at babies’ deaths was ‘bad luck’

Post-arrest interviews with nurse accused of murdering seven babies read to jurors at her trial

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023

Lucy Letby: Nurse accused of murdering babies ‘wrote note saying “I killed them on purpose”’

Neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby cried as images of her bedroom were shown to jurors during trial

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Nurse accused of baby murders weeps in the dock

Lucy Letby, 33, cried as images of her bedroom were displayed during her trial at Manchester Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Lucy Letby trial told doctor 'can't explain' how baby girl died

Letby is alleged to have murdered seven babies while working in a hospital neo-natal unit

Liverpool Echo · Feb 3, 2023

Doctor unable to ‘truly explain’ baby girl’s death, murder trial jury told

Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to kill 10 others.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse accused of baby murders said ‘it’s always me when it happens’, court told

GP told police she saw a tearful Letby in conversation with a colleague in one of the care rooms at the Countess of Chester Hospital, court told

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Tearful Lucy Letby said ‘it’s always me when it happens’, court told

GP says it ‘seemed a pretty normal reaction’ amid series of collapses of infants at Chester hospital

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Accused’s nursing colleagues deny administering insulin to baby boy

Their former colleague Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Nurse Lucy Letby ‘told off’ colleague over shout for help, murder trial hears

Neonatal assistant Lisa Walker told jurors at Manchester Crown Court she was ‘shocked’ and ‘taken aback’.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022