Chester hospital and attempting to murder six more. She was acquitted of two charges, and on further charges the jury told the judge in the last few hours they were unable to reach a verdict, so the Crown Prosecution Service has said they will take 28 days to decide whether or not to seek a retrial on those charges that they have been unable to decide. You have heard it here on bbc news in the last few hours reaction from across the board to what has been a terrifying and traumatic trial for the families, who have had to go back and listen to evidence about their childrens deaths, about their childrens murders, who have had to relive some of the darkest moments in their lives, and many of the statements we have been hearing on the court steps here from the police, from the Crown Prosecution Service and from the family Liaison Officer who was speaking in behalf of all of those families affected have really focused on the impact that it has had on the parents who have lost their children
and understand the evidence in this case has been, i believe, significant, and it has taken us to understand that lucy letby is a killer. the nurse wrote this sympathy card to the parents of one baby, and searched for many of the other families on facebook. letby s own parents supported her throughout the trial, and the court heard about her happy childhood. we may never know why she became a killer. i want her to be locked up and i never want her to come out again. because what she has done has changed the course of our life forever. lucy letby had many faces. party girl, graduate, bright young nurse. but each face was a mask for evil hiding in plain sight, and at last her cover has slipped. lucy letby will now be known as one of britain s most notorious criminals. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.
i just hope that today s verdicts bring all of them some peace of mind for the future, and that we have answered some of the questions that they were looking for. cheshire constabulary will continue to support all of the families in this case in the coming days and weeks ahead. there will be a period of reflection of everybody comes to terms with what they have experienced here today. that was detective chief inspector nicola evans, and we heard next from pascaljones, a senior prosecutor from the crown prosecution service. lucy letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies. little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their midst. she did her utmost to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in which she repeatedly harmed
for a few seconds? behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britain s most prolific baby killer was arrested three hours after her murder spree began. just sit there for me, lucy. i ve just had knee surgery. she worked here, in the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. her role, to care of the most vulnerable infants, but that couldn t have been further from her mind. the crying, i ve never heard anything like it since. it was screaming. it was screaming, and i was like, what is the matter with them? legally, we can t identify the families in this case, but the stories are distressing. these are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. their mum was taking milk to them when she heard one of her sons crying loudly. he had blood round his mouth, and lucy was there, but faffing about and not really doing anything.
the moment police arrested lucy letby in chester. she is now the most profilic killer of children in the uk in modern times. we re live from manchester bringing you the latest. hello. you re watching verified live, coming live from manchester. i m anna foster. you can see behind me the scene at manchester crown court where a few hours ago lucy letby s trial came to its conclusion. she has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care when she was a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of