over the subsequent years until this trial actually came to court. nick garnett sent this report. lucy letby, convicted of murdering seven babies, and attempting to kill six more. and yet, today, at her sentencing, this was not about her. this was the families time. after a ten month trial, a chance to tell the world about their babies, and their lives. letby s victims have to stay anonymous. first to speak today was the mother of baby c, who was four days old when letby killed him by injecting air into his stomach. the trauma of that night will live with us forever. knowing his murderer was watching us was like something out of a horror story. baby d was just two days old when she died. her mother held a toy rabbit as she spoke. my heart broke into a million
she was a, bright aspiring lawyer, attacked while walking home from a bar in east london. her aunt farah naz said the sentencing would have been the murderer s opportunity to be human and to face his actions . his absence, she said, was a slap in the face . nine year old schoolgirl 0livia pratt korbel was shot by a masked gunman inside her liverpool home. olivia s mother, cheryl, said the fact that her family had to re live the pain of olivia s death, but the offender could choose to opt out of the sentencing, was a kick in the teeth . and 28 year old sabina nessa was murdered in a park in south east london. she was a much loved primary school teacher. her older sister, jabina islam, called the murderer who again refused to appear a coward . taking these incidents together, these convicted murderers who refused to appear in the dock to hear their sentencing, it has put
and f1 baby was murdered injuly 2015 and there was attempted murder against the other and it has now got complex needs. the mother said, we are living with a life sentence because of the crimes of lucy letby. she said even in these final days of the trial, she tried to control things. the disrespect she has shown the families in the court show what type of person she is. we have attended court day in and day out, yet she decided she has had enough and stays in her cell. 0ne yet she decided she has had enough and stays in her cell. one final act of wickedness from a coward. i would like to thank lucy for taking the stand and showing the court what she is really like, only when the nice lucy mask slips. it was honestly the best thing she could have done to ensure our boys got the justice they deserved. it has been a really emotional day in court for the families, reading through all of these impact statements and hearing what they have been through for all of these years and over the las
last ear. that night? yes, this was august 22 last year. thomas that night? yes, this was august 22 last year. thomas cashman - that night? yes, this was august 22 last year. thomas cashman was - last year. thomas cashman was relentlessly pursuing his intended target, convicted drug dealer, joseph nee. asjoseph nee walked down the street in liverpool where olivia lived, gun man, thomas cashman fired atjoseph nee and hit him, then he stood over him, we have seen cctv footage where he attempted to fire at them again hoping to give an ethical shot but thomas cashman s gunjammed allowing an ethical shot but thomas cashman s gun jammed allowing joseph nee to get up and run towards olivia pratt korbel s family home. olivia s mother heard the commotion and opened the door to find out what was happening, joseph nee ran towards the front door and tried to force his way into the family home. thomas cashman ran afterjoseph nee, pulled out a second down and stood in front of olivia s front door,
about her favourite memories of her, and the kind of young girl she was and the kind of young girl she was and it is always important to keep that front and centre and we have been trying to reflect that in our coverage this afternoon, albeit of course the coverage is about the sentencing of thomas cashman, i hope that we managed to reflect also the life of olivia and the importance of her to herfamily. one of the life of olivia and the importance of her to her family. one of the other interesting moments of the sentencing, thejudge picking up the bravery of one of the witnesses. i want to go through that with mark easton. this became fundamental and crucial to this case, mark. it is crucial to this case, mark. it is the kind of crucial to this case, mark. it is the kind of omerta crucialto this case, mark. it 3 the kind of omerta that surrounds drugs gangs that is the hardest thing for the police to break and to get somebody prepared to prosecute against, somebody of the violence o