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
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can to support them. and that s significant because it has been a bit of criticism about government s reaction to this, the labour party s shadow transport secretary has said today this is concerning passengers and they are surprised the transport secretary mark harper had not made a statement yet, we just heard from him, we had heard from the lib dems asking rishi sunak to convene an urgent cobra meeting so there is a political dimension as well. there is but i sometimes political dimension as well. there is but i sometimes fear political dimension as well. there is but i sometimes fear in - political dimension as well. there is but i sometimes fear in the - is but i sometimes fear in the circumstances politicians all want to give their two pennies worth, for example there is no need in my opinion for a cobra meeting, to a working at pace to try to get it fixed. the time spent briefing the prime minister who ultimately cannot do anything to change the situation is not going to be
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