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The Latest Breaking News from the Countess of Chester Hospital

Dad of baby killer Lucy Letby ‘wanted dismissal of consultants who raised concerns’

Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven infants

The Independent UK

Letby safeguarding chief tells inquiry she had ‘best intentions’

Alison Kelly was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the period when Lucy Letby attacked babies on the neonatal unit.

Evening Standard

Hospital chiefs ignored police plea by top nurse ‘spooked’ by Letby, probe hears

Ex-deputy director of nursing Sian Williams carried out an analysis of rota patterns following a series of deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Evening Standard

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Hospital manager denies saying she thought Lucy Letby investigation ‘unjust’

Ruth Millward, ex-head of risk and patient safety at the Countess of Chester Hospital, was giving evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry.

Evening Standard

Why calls to review Lucy Letby’s case are so different from other miscarriage of justice campaigns

Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse, was convicted after two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Sentenced to life imprisonment following a case which many believe was built on circumstantial evidence, Letby has consistently maintained her innocence.

The Conversation

Baby murderer or scapegoat? Why is the Lucy Letby case so divisive?

Why are people contesting the evidence against the former UK nurse, convicted of killing seven newborns?

Al Jazeera

Parents found baby under Lucy Letby’s care covered in faeces

Inquiry into murder of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital hears about newborn girl fitted with stoma

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Mother of Lucy Letby victim tells inquiry she feels ‘betrayed’ by hospital managers

Child C’s mother tells Thirlwall inquiry her family was ‘misled’ in a way that had ‘compounded our grief’

The Guardian - UK

Staff 'raised concerns' about doctor on same ward as Lucy Letby when babies died

The presence of a doctor on a ward at the Countess of Chester Hospital “features in a number of cases of babies who collapse”, according to a leaked document

Evening Standard

Hospital bosses ‘truly sorry’ for delay in contacting police over Lucy Letby, inquiry hears

Former bosses at the Countess of Chester Hospital have also apologised to the families of victims at the inquiry into the murders by Lucy Letby

The Independent UK

What is the Thirlwall inquiry, set up after Lucy Letby’s murder convictions?

Hearings to examine events at the Countess of Chester hospital while Letby worked there will begin today

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby: Police probe 'assault' on medical witness who helped to convict serial killer nurse

Police probe alleged attack on witnesses for prosecution in killer nurse case

Evening Standard

Speculation over Lucy Letby guilt 'upsetting' for families of victims, says solicitor

Former nurse is serving 15 whole-life orders for murder of seven babies and attempted murder of seven others

Evening Standard

Family of baby murdered by Lucy Letby hit out at ‘sick’ campaign to free her

‘Why are people going out of their way to support a serial killer of babies?’, the couple said

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Child killer Lucy Letby 'planning fresh appeal' with new legal team

Former nurse Lucy Letby has protested her innocence

The Independent UK

Mike Lynch had concerns over Lucy Letby conviction, says former minister

The British tech mogul who died when his yacht sank off the coast of Sicily wanted to examine the murder conviction of the former nurse, according to ex-cabinet minister David Davis

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: Britain’s most prolific child killer remains remorseless

The former nurse will spend the rest of her life in prison without parole after she was handed her fifteenth whole life order

The Independent UK

What happens now baby killer Lucy Letby has been convicted again as public inquiry set to begin

The Thirlwall Inquiry into Lucy Letby will begin public hearings in September

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The Independent UK

Politicians and NHS criticised as they fail to carry out actions urged by Jimmy Savile inquiry after 10 years

Top Savile victims’ lawyer blasts politicans over failure to act on inquiry, warning they ‘fear accountability’

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby inquiry to probe missed chances to stop serial killer nurse

NHS managers to be probed on thier response to Letby concerns

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby hospital investigated for corporate manslaughter over baby deaths

Police investigating Countess of Chester Hospital following Letby’s murder convictions

The Independent UK

Friends and colleagues of murderer Lucy Letby insist baby killing nurse is innocent

One friend said the conviction was the ‘most out-of-character accusation’ against Letby, who was found guilty of multiple murders and attempted murders

The Week

Lucy Letby’s motivation: a ‘void’ in the harrowing case

“The trial of Lucy Letby will be remembered as one of the longest and most complex cases in English legal history,” said Tom Ball in The Times. Twenty-two charges were brought against her, relating to 17 babies in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital during 2015 and…

The Conversation

Lucy Letby: child murder case highlights need to regulate managers and improve whistleblowing procedures

The recent conviction of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015-2016, has raised fundamental questions about how something like this could have happened – and why it took so long to stop…

The Independent UK

‘More pain for families’ as campaign launched to appeal killer Lucy Letby’s conviction

Campaign organiser criticised medical evidence presented to the jury

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