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The Latest Breaking News from Lucy Letby

What the papers say – August 20

Sunday’s front pages are packed with optimism for an England win in the Women’s World Cup final.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Police urged to probe hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

Hospital executives were ‘grossly negligent’ for not acting on complaints about the killer nurse with greater urgency, it has been claimed.

The Independent UK

The Observer view: only a robust inquiry will hold NHS to account over Lucy Letby murders

Families need answers from the trust that allowed preventable deaths to happen

The Guardian - UK

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Lucy Letby: Police urged to investigate hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter

Key prosecution witness in the trial of the serial killer nurse calls for inquiry into ‘grossly negligent’ executives

The Guardian - UK

Whistleblowers ‘treated like the problem’ – doctors’ union calls for reform

Numerous staff raised concerns about the actions of killer Lucy Letby for months before police were eventually called.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry witnesses must be compelled to testify, families say

Relatives of two of nurse’s newborn victims say inquiry ordered by health secretary is inadequate

The Guardian - UK

‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’: Why wasn’t Lucy Letby stopped as months of murder went by?

It took almost two years for the police to be called in to investigate baby deaths at the Countess of Chester hospital. Now, after Letby’s conviction, a picture of ‘Kafkaesque’ obfuscation is emerging

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Call for full public inquiry to investigate Letby murders

Lawyers representing the families of two of Lucy Letby’s victims have said the Government-ordered independent inquiry is ‘inadequate’.

The Independent UK

Families of Lucy Letby’s victims demand full public inquiry into serial killer nurse

One of the doctors instrumental in finally stopping Letby’s heinous campaign demanded NHS bosses be forced to ‘acknowledge that their actions potentially facilitated a mass-murderer’

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby’s hospital faces mounting pressure over killer nurse

The Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby worked is under scrutiny over why the nurse was not removed from the neonatal unit sooner

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby motive: Why did serial killer nurse murder seven babies?

Prosecutors put forward several possible motives as to why Letby murdered babies

The Independent UK

Could Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner? The missed opportunities to catch a killer revealed

External review into the Countess of Chester hospital – which has not yet been published – expected to find multiple failings, The Independent understands

The Independent UK

Carers who kill: Lucy Letby joins a gruesome list of medical monsters, from Harold Shipman to Beverley Allitt

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

The Independent UK

Nurse Lucy Letby joins list of UK’s most notorious child killers

Lucy Letby, 33, was working at the Countess of Chester Hospital when she carried out the string of attacks on tiny, premature infants.

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The Independent UK

Letby hospital faces mounting pressure over killer nurse’s actions

The Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby worked is under scrutiny over why the nurse was not removed from the neonatal unit sooner.

The Independent UK

‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’: How Lucy Letby comforted her victims’ parents as she hid evil secret

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 Independent UK

Lucy Letby trial verdict: What charges has nurse accused of baby murders been convicted of?

Letby had denied murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others during course of her work on neonatal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital

The Independent UK

When was Lucy Letby arrested? Key dates in the investigation of baby-killing nurse

Letby was accused of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby news – latest: Hospital bosses ‘should be investigated for corporate manslaughter’

Former consultants urge police to take action as questions remain about why Lucy Letby was not stopped earlier

The Independent UK

The chilling ‘souvenirs’ of baby deaths killer nurse Lucy Letby kept under her bed

The record of emergency drugs provided to the infant was written on a paper towel during his 30-minute resuscitation

The Independent UK

When will Lucy Letby be sentenced and where will she be in prison?

Killer nurse will likely be incarcerated at HMP Low Newton, which previously housed murderer Rosemary West

The Independent UK

Families of Lucy Letby’s victims demand answers on why killing spree wasn’t stopped sooner

The Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby worked is under mounting pressure over why the nurse was not removed from the neonatal unit sooner

The Guardian - UK

Doctors were forced to apologise for raising alarm over Lucy Letby and baby deaths

Guardian investigation also reveals Countess of Chester hospital executive feared contacting police would ‘damage reputation’

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 19

The conviction of nurse Lucy Letby for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others dominates Saturday’s newspaper front pages.

The Guardian - AU

‘A cold, calculating killer’: how the papers covered Lucy Letby’s conviction

Saturday’s newspapers dominated by jury’s verdicts after more than four weeks of deliberations

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