in the north and west start to spread further south and east with temperatures dropping by the end of the week. a decent week to come certainly for england and wales. thanks very much stav. nurse lucy letby was convicted of murdering seven babies at a neonatal unit, as well as attempting to kill six others. the 33 year old was found not guilty of two counts of attempted murder, and the jury was unable to reach verdicts on six further attempted murder charges. let s take a look at the events leading up to her arrest. the first three babies died injune 2015. the hospital s executive team held a meeting and agreed to hold an external investigation, but that never happened. by october, staff made a link between multiple deaths and lucy letby being on shift but it was still seen as coincidental. in february 2016, the director of nursing, alison kelly and medical director
better as we head into tomorrow. join me later for all the weather details. it s saturday 19th august. our main story. there are calls for legislation to force offenders to attend their sentencing, after the neonatal nurse lucy letby refused to attend court on monday to hear her punishment. the 33 year old murdered seven babies and attempt to kill six others at the countess of chester hospital, before she was reported to police. she was found not guilty of two counts of attempted murder and the jury was undecided on a further six counts of attempted murder. an independent inquiry will look at how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with, but witnesses won t be compelled to give evidence. nick garnett reports. hello, lucy is it? yes. hello. my name s muted from cheshire police. can we step in two seconds? oh, yes. this is the moment when the net closed in. yep, not a problem. in tears, lucy letby is brought out of her house under arrest and ta ken away.
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consultants continued to pressure the trust to go to the police and they finally did so in may 2017. by the time letby was arrested in july 2018, she was still employed by the trust. no disciplinary action had been taken against her. speaking outside court following the verdict yesterday afternoon, a spokeperson for the crown prosecution service said letby weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death. lucy letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies. little did those working alongside her no 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 babies in her care. she sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off
with murders quite frequently unfortunately, where the defendant, the accused after conviction doesn t want to see the sentencing. the sentencing is notjust about what the judge says, the sentencing is also about the victim s personal impact statement. the also about the victim s personal impact statement. also about the victim s personal im act statement. ., ., , impact statement. the government has said they want impact statement. the government has said they want to impact statement. the government has said they want to change impact statement. the government has said they want to change the impact statement. the government has said they want to change the law - said they want to change the law around it as soon as possible. does that mean in practice? that mean in practice? that s the roblem, that mean in practice? that s the problem. isn t that mean in practice? that s the problem, isn t it. that mean in practice? that s the problem, isn t it. the that mean in pract