Lucy Letby: Former hospital bosses call for Thirlwall Inquiry to be suspended

Lucy Letby: Former hospital bosses call for Thirlwall Inquiry to be suspended

Stewart Whittingham BBC News, Liverpool Andy Gill BBC North West Tonight Reporting fromLiverpool Town Hall Cheshire Police Lucy Letby killed babies while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital Lawyers for former bosses of the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby murdered babies have asked for the public inquiry into the events surrounding her crimes … Read more

Lucy Letby: Manslaughter probe at Countess of Chester Hospital widened

Lucy Letby: Manslaughter probe at Countess of Chester Hospital widened

Cheshire Police Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others (one of whom on two occasions) between June 2015 and June 2016 A police investigation at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill seven others has been expanded to … Read more

Lucy Letby interviewed in prison over baby deaths and collapses

Lucy Letby interviewed in prison over baby deaths and collapses

Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life terms Lucy Letby has been interviewed by police in prison under caution as part of ongoing investigations into more baby deaths, Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed. The force said it had “recently” spoken to the former neonatal nurse over deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester … Read more

Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal against conviction

Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal against conviction

Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life prison terms after being convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others Convicted serial killer Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her latest conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Lawyers … Read more

Lucy Letby may have harmed more babies in her care, new evidence suggests

Lucy Letby may have harmed more babies in her care, new evidence suggests

Cheshire Police New evidence seen by the BBC suggests more babies in Lucy Letby’s care were harmed – and in one case poisoned with insulin. The former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including trying to kill two with insulin at the Countess of Chester Hospital … Read more

Lucy Letby: We spent years covering the case – here’s why experts are still arguing about it

Lucy Letby: We spent years covering the case – here’s why experts are still arguing about it

BBC There are two parallel universes in the Lucy Letby story. One can be witnessed every day in Liverpool at the public inquiry into her case. Here, the matter of Letby’s guilt is settled. The question for the judge is why Letby was able to harm babies for so long. In the other universe, doubts … Read more

Lucy Letby gave baby overdose two years before murders

Lucy Letby gave baby overdose two years before murders

Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby made a “very serious error” in 2013, two years before she began killing and attacking babies Lucy Letby gave a baby 10 times the prescribed dose of morphine “in error” two years before her killing spree began, a public inquiry has heard. The nurse was then unhappy at being told she … Read more

Lucy Letby: Experts raise doubts about medical evidence presented in court

Lucy Letby: Experts raise doubts about medical evidence presented in court

Cheshire Police Senior doctors and scientists have told the BBC they have concerns about how crucial evidence was presented to the jury at Lucy Letby’s trials. The BBC’s File on 4 has examined how expert witnesses helped to build the case against the former nurse. The programme raises concerns about how courts grapple with cases … Read more

Families waited eight years for full report on Letby unit

Families waited eight years for full report on Letby unit

A report about the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked was only shown to parents in full eight years after it was written, a public inquiry has heard. An external review was commissioned in September 2016 after consultants at the Countess of Chester Hospital voiced their concerns about the serial killer. A public version of … Read more