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‘Killing addiction’: Criminologists on why ‘nice’ nurse Lucy Letby became baby murderer

Horrified families left asking what drove Letby to commit her appalling crimes as 33 year-old jailed for the rest of her life, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK

Nurses ‘rocked to core’ by Lucy Letby murders fear impact on public trust

Profession faces long task to reassure families and patients that crimes and apparent failings will not be repeated

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby’s former boss who ‘ignored concerns’ over killer nurse investigated by watchdog

The Nursing and Midwifery Council will investigate Alison Kelly former chief nurse of Letby’s hospital

The Independent UK

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Lucy Letby: it is not being 'beige', 'average' or 'normal' that makes her crimes so hard to understand

In seeking to understand the crimes of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven babies in her care, a fixation about how “ordinary” she appears to be has emerged. At times like this, we seek answers, which perhaps explains the vague sense that understanding this apparent inconsistency can teach…

The Conversation

Lucy Letby’s former boss referred to nursing regulator

The Nursing and Midwifery Council said Alison Kelly has been referred to the fitness to practise process.

The Independent UK

Murdered Pc’s father says making offenders go to sentencing may cause ‘anguish’

Letby did not leave her cell on Monday as she was given a whole-life sentence in prison.

The Independent UK

Letby murders: Why there is a push for inquiry to be upgraded from non-statutory

The Government is under mounting pressure to upgrade the public probe, which it ordered last week on a non-statutory basis.

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Read the harrowing family victim statements killer nurse Lucy Letby refused to hear

Warning; distressing content: Parents of babies whom Lucy Letby murdered or attempted to kill spoke of their grief in emotional victim impact statements at her sentencing hearing

The Independent UK

OPINION - We must beware the knee-jerk reactions to Lucy Letby’s evil

There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face,” observes the trusting King Duncan on the treachery of the Thane of Cawdor — a betrayal which will foreshadow the many ahead in Macbeth.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby doctor’s damning verdict: NHS bosses who ignored warnings must account for nurse’s crimes

Regulate managers like doctors and nurses, says paediatrician, as families denied justice launch fresh legal action

The Independent UK

Judge Rinder joins calls for law change after Lucy Letby’s refusal to attend sentencing

The killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Zara Aleena and Sabina Nessa have also not attended sentencing hearings

The Independent UK

Rob Rinder calls for law change after Lucy Letby’s refusal to attend sentencing

The killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Zara Aleena and Sabina Nessa have also not attended sentencing hearings.

The Independent UK

A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer?

Blinded by the nurse’s supposed ‘vulnerability’, the hospital rounded on doctors raising concerns, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

After Lucy Letby: what are new parents entitled to expect when their newborn needs specialist care?

The facts of the Lucy Letby case are harrowing. A nurse has been convicted of murdering seven of her newborn patients and attempting to murder six others. And there are suggestions that managers in the healthcare system failed to heed the concerns raised by some of Letby’s colleagues, meaning that…

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: How the ‘average nurse’ turned into one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

Letby, who has been found guilty of murdering seven babies, took advantage of her position to kill in plain sight. But despite a 10-month trial, we’re no closer to understanding the motive behind her horrifying crimes

The Week

Whole-life sentences: when life in prison actually means life

Lucy Letby will die behind bars after the 33-year-old nurse was sentenced to life in prison without the prospect of parole – an incredibly rare occurrence in the British justice system.

The Independent UK

Statutory inquiry into Lucy Letby ‘on the table’, government minister admits

Ms Keegan said there are ‘pros and cons’ of statutory versus non-statutory inquiries but families of victims can discuss those with the inquiry’s chair

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives

Dr Stephen Brearey says officials ‘absolutely’ need to be regulated in similar manner to medical practitioners

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The Independent UK

NHS bosses who ignored my warning must be held to account, Lucy Letby whistleblower says

Medics said that NHS managers should be regulated in a similar way to doctors and nurses.

Evening Standard

‘I’m not a hero, I was just doing my job’, says consultant who helped catch killer nurse Lucy Letby

Dr Ravi Jayaram raised concerns about Letby to management at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Evening Standard

Full judicial inquiry into horror Lucy Letby killings moves step closer

As pressure grows on NHS managers accused of ignoring doctors’ warnings

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Life term for UK’s worst child killer

In today’s newsletter: serious questions have been raised after the trial and conviction of a serial baby murderer • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby news – latest: Whistleblower hits out at NHS failings after concerns about killer nurse ignored

Warning: distressing content. Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more

The Independent UK

Justice secretary vows quick law change after Lucy Letby refused to appear for her sentencing

Labour told the Conservatives to ‘get on with’ plans to compel offenders to appear in court for sentencings

The Independent UK

Newspapers rally behind law change as Letby refuses to attend sentencing

Government urged to bring in legislation after child killer avoided facing families of her victims.

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