Unexpected and unexplained, lucy letby is there. Police are now reviewing the admissions of 4,000 babies at hospitals where lucy letby worked. Our other main stories tonight. Surrey Police Investigating the death of ten year old sara sharif want to question her father, his partner, and her uncle. Ijust hope its going to be an incredible game, and of course i have a very. Preference who wants to win. And the lionesses head coach, Sarina Wiegman, talks to the bbc ahead of sundays World Cup Final against spain. 0n newsnight at 10. 30pm. How did lucy letby cause so many deaths . As the most prolific non child killer in modern uk history is found guilty of murdering seven babies, we ask why was she not stopped earlier . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at ten. The nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care at a hospital in cheshire, making the 33 year old the uks worst child killer in modern times. In a stat
Conclusion. She will be sentenced here on monday at Manchester Crown court. She is now the most prolific killer of children in modern times. Shejudith morris sent this report. She thought shed get away with it, but this was the moment the game was up. Lucy, is it . Do you mind if i step in for a few seconds . Yes. Behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britains most prolific baby killer was arrested three years after her murder spree began. Just sit there for me, lucy. Ive just had knee surgery. She worked here, on the Neonatal Unit at the countess of Chester Hospital. Her role, to care for the most vulnerable infants, but that couldnt have been further from her mind. The crying, ive never heard anything like it since. It was screaming. It was screaming, and i was like, what is the matter with them . Legally, we cant identify the families in this case, but their stories are distressing. These are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. Their mum was taking milk to
There are four families who havent had verdict delivered on what happened to their children, so that is something of course that the Crown Prosecution Service will be taking into account. Of course many questions about how a nurse working on a Neonatal Ward, an ordinary woman in her 20s, a woman who the jury woman in her 20s, a woman who the jury he heard repeatedly from seeing her messages, seeing her social media posts, was living what would appear to be an extremely normal life, was going on holiday, drinking with herfriends, spending time with her pets, and yet when she was on the ward, when she was at work, we know now that she was essentially killing children in her care, in some cases she used doses of insulin which she would inject into the baby so bodies, in some cases she would overfeed them with milk or liquids, and one thing which was described by the prosecution chillingly as her favourite way to kill children was administration of air, an injection of air into the bodies
The babies were attacked Betweenjune 2015 and and june 2016. She was charged with 22 counts of attempting babies in her care. Some were injected with air. Others were force fed milk. The Crown Prosecution Service announced on the steps that they weapon eyes to her craft as a nurse. The trial has considered harrowing evidence from. They watched that children die and often harrowing circumstances. The families are very much at the forefront of peoples mines here at court today. Lucy letby was herself in the Court Building was not present in the dock to hear the final verdict delivered. When the first vertex work delivered several days ago, she was present. She sobbed at the dock at one point put her head on the desk and cried. But for the last couple of days, even though she has been here in the Holding Cells at Manchester Crown court, she refused to come and sit in the dock for the conclusion of her trial. She will be sentenced on monday in thejudge her trial. She will be sentenced on m
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