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and she has rightly been brought to justice by the courts, my thoughts remain with the families of victims who have demonstrated strength in the face of extraordinary suffering and i hope the trial has brought answers that long eluded them. also in the victim impact statements we talked about, people talked about how they raised concerns and concerns about how they were not followed through, they did not get support from hospital, so many questions raised through the trial about how the concerns were raised and also from consultants, and when they raised concerns, and whether they raised concerns, and whether they will listen to. and we know there will be a government inquiry into the handling of this case. ten months of this trial. parents have had to sit through. but it has been many years for then waiting for today and finally they have the sentencing, the full life term. she will never leave prison. he said
who murdered her baby, had physically taken those hand and footprints in hospital as part of anybody who has lost a baby in hospital will know, so often memory boxes are put together, small things parents can have to remind them of those babies they have lost. hand and footprints are a vital part and to know lucy letby took those prints and in the case of another parent talking about how she had bathed her baby and dressed her baby in the gown they would be buried in. all of these details, particularly after ten months of evidence, they bring it home very poignantly that this has been an incredible ordealfor so many parents. it is unimaginable what they have been through. m50 many parents. it is unimaginable what they have been through. also we heard about how what they have been through. also we heard about how she what they have been through. also we heard about how she had what they have been through. also we heard about how she had searched - heard about how she had searched s
fragile as it is described, lucy letby was ultimately responsible for their murder, in the cases of attempted murder we heard from some of the parents in court this morning and their victim impact statements that those children lucy letby tried to kill but was not successful in doing so, the way their lives have been affected and impacted in those subsequent years. we heard about children for who the quality of life now is next to nothing. we heard the mother of one of the children who has a life limiting injuries as a result of lucy letby s murder attempt, the mother only now gets two hours sleep a night, we heard the parents of those children who when those children are in hospital, for their continuing medical requirements, the parents feel they cannot leave them alone in the care of medical staff because this is something that the parents have been living with for so many years. whole life order is in the case of lucy
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