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
Emission zone charge in the northwest, the guilty nurse lucy b is the most prolific killer in modern times. How could a nurse who was supposed to care for vulnerable ladies carry out these horrible murders . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. 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. It means the 33 year old is the uks biggest killer of babies in modern times. In a statement, the families of lucy letby s victims said that justice could not reduce the extreme hurt, anger and distress they had experienced, adding that they were heartbroken. Lucy letby was also acquitted of two counts of attempted murder, and the jury were undecided on six charges of attempted murder. She will be sentenced on monday. Today the government have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances around the murders. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritz, has been folllowing
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She was using her, as it was described today, weaponising her craft, using things like overfeeding a milk and liquids to kill babies she was looking after. This is been depressing for everybody involved but none more so than for those families of the babies who not only lost their children in the most traumatic of circumstances, but have had to relive after the worst days of their lives again here in this courtroom. And one of the first reactions that we heard to this verdict today was the statement that was read out on behalf of those families. Now the identities of the children, the babies involved, has been protected throughout. The in a deep, too, of theirfamilies, their parents and their siblings its what we heard was the family Liaison Officer who is being so closely involved with supporting all of those people. This is janet and she read out on the steps here a statement on behalf of those grieving families. Of all the families in this case. I have been asked to read out a state
trying to clean up. there is a different mood from the police today. there is a sense that they re not going to really put up with anything. there are national guardsmen in town more than 1,000 taking up positions. they re wearing full combat gear. they have their humvees and they are heavily armed. police have been holding briefings through this afternoon. this is the latest from them about the injuries their staff has suffered. we know that a minimum of 20 of our officers have been injured during the course of the lawlessness that took place. we expect that that number might be a little bit higher. we ve had reports that our officers sustaining minor injuries did not want to go off the line and seek medical treatment. brad: well, there is also a little bit of a sense of lawlessness in town. the big crowd just moved that direction. what i was showing you is because a bunch of young men on motorcycles are performing tricks. they re doing wheelies down the center of the stre