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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 Independent UK

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…

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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 Conversation

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

Campaign organiser criticised medical evidence presented to the jury

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby still paid by hospital for years after arrest for baby murders

Exclusive: The serial killer nurse, who murdered seven babies and tried to kill six others, is also set to be stripped of her NHS pension

The Independent 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

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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 Independent UK

‘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

Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak for law change after ‘cowardly’ Lucy Letby avoids facing victims’ families at sentencing

Britain’s worst child killer was absent from the dock at Manchester Crown Court as she was given a whole-life term

Evening Standard

Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes

She was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

The Independent UK

Killer nurse Letby has destroyed our lives, say parents of murdered triplets

The deaths in June 2016 were the ‘tipping point’ for consultants who suspected Letby was to blame.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Former nursing chief ‘wasn’t given enough information to remove Lucy Letby’

Karen Rees said she did not have enough information to justify removing the killer nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

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Evening Standard

NHS manager who ‘ignored concerns’ about killer Lucy Letby suspended

Constulants tried to raise the alarm with hospital managers in 2015, but police were not contacted unil 2017

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby 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

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby was expecting us says top cop who made arrest of killer nurse

A police chief has described the moment he arrested a “cold and emotionless” Lucy Letby saying the killer nurse “accepted” that officers would arrive at her door.

The Independent UK

Will Lucy Letby spend the rest of her life in prison?

Letby will be sentenced on Monday at 10am at Manchester Crown Court- but she will not appear in the court room

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Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police fear

Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitals

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby 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

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘dragging feet’ on forcing killers to court as Lucy Letby to skip sentencing

Calls for change come as senior doctor calls for hospital executives who failed to act on concerns about Letby to be investigated for corporate manslaughter

The Independent UK

Police urged to probe Lucy Letby 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

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.

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