lucy letby is there, and then somebody else said, yes, ifound that. and then someone else had the same response. and they all realised that the common factor for each of them was letby s presence on the unit. injune 2016, two babies died on consecutive days. 13 children had now died. lucy letby was on shift for all of them. the day after the second death, the nurse was due back on the unit. paediatrician steve brearley rang the duty manager asking for letby to be replaced. the manager refused. i challenged her. i said, well, are you saying that you re making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians? and she said, yes. and i said, well, if you re making this decision, are you taking responsibility of anything that might happen tomorrow to any other of our babies? and she said, yes.
as the trial ended today, letby refused to come into the courtroom. prosecutors later reflecting on the scale of her deceit. in her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk or medication like insulin would become lethal. she perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death. the nurse even wrote this sympathy card to the parents of one baby and searched for many of the other families on facebook. not a single thing that i ve ever seen or witnessed of lucy would let me for a moment believe that she was capable of the things she was being accused of. dawn is one of lucy letby s childhood friends and has watched events unfold with disbelief. she is the kindest person that i ve ever known. she would only ever want to help people. you seem utterly unshakeable
this intensive care area and went to call her husband. they thought their son was in safe hands with nurse letby, but a short time later they were told he was dangerously ill, and they rushed back to find doctors trying to save him. we and they rushed back to find doctors trying to save him. trying to save him. we were taken in, and trying to save him. we were taken in. and we trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told to trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told to talk - trying to save him. we were taken in, and we were told to talk to - trying to save him. we were taken | in, and we were told to talk to him and hold his hand, and then. we had a conversation with the consultant, and they said they were going to stop because it is not helping, and we want him to die in yourarms. fin helping, and we want him to die in your arm- helping, and we wan
to three deaths a year, but in 2015 they had that number in the month ofjune alone, and the pattern continued, with babies dying or coming close to death. the common factor lucy letby. this staffing sheet shows she was the only employee who was present every time there was a suspicious event. dr stephen brearey led the team of seven consultants on the unit who shared joint concerns about letby. he s now speaking publicly about their experience for the first time. it s something that nobody really wants to consider, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. things came to a head when two out of three healthy triplets died within 2a hours of each other injune 2016. afterwards, a meeting was held for staff. lucy letby was there. she was sitting next to me. i spoke to her and said how tired and upset she must be
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