Lucy Letby Victims
Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She was sentenced to whole-life imprisonment.
Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, England, was convicted in August 2023 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others between June 2015 and June 2016.
Letby killed the babies through various methods including injecting air into their bloodstreams, overfeeding them milk through feeding tubes, and poisoning them with insulin. The attacks occurred during her night shifts.
Colleagues raised concerns about the unusual spike in baby deaths when Letby was on duty, but hospital management initially ignored the pattern and even wrote Letby a letter of apology for being removed from the unit.
Letby was sentenced to a whole-life order—meaning she will never be released. The case prompted a public inquiry into why hospital executives failed to act on staff concerns.
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