They heard about lucy letby s life and what she was like as a nurse and crucially medical evidence that pointed towards lucy letby as a Serial Killer ofjudgment, one of the most, in fact, the most prolific killer of Serial Killer of children. Our north of england correspondent Judith Moritz followed the case from the start and sent this report. She thought shed get away with it, but this was the moment the game was up. Lucy, is it . My name is. With the cheshire police. Do you mind if i step in for two seconds . Yes. Thank you. Behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britains most prolific baby killer was finally arrested three years after her murder spree began. Just take a seat there for me, lucy. Ill move that seat forward a bit. Ive just had knee surgery. 0h, right, 0k. She worked here, on the Neonatal Unit at the countess of chester hospital. Her role to care for the most premature and vulnerable infants, but that couldnt have been further from her mind. The crying, ive n
verdict. thank you very much. doing a great job keeping us up to date . verdict. thank you very much. doing a great job keeping us up to date in | a greatjob keeping us up to date in a greatjob keeping us up to date in a difficult circumstances, we appreciate it. a quick recap of the events that happened that tragic night. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for information to find her killer. numerous arrests were made, but police eventually apprehended thomas cashman a 34 year old drug dealer. he was charged with olivia s murder on october 1st. his trial started in manchester last month and the court heard that moments before the shooting, olivia had come down the stairs saying: mum, i m scared. last thursday, the jury found him guilty of mu
letby will not be allowed to leave prison for stock that is the nature of this crime. it carries those consequences and lucy letby will face the consequences. she has made it clear she does not want to appear in court for sentences, she has not appeared for the vertex to be received and that would be troubling for the families because as we learned in recent cases, lots of defendants are saying they will not turn up for the sentence and i will not allow them to tell me of the vote. the sentence is is notjust about what the judge says but the family impact statement. to show what this impacts had on their lives and say to the defendants face. the fact that she would not turn up is troubling, and people will be concerned the law does not permit the court to bring her in because
thomas cashman was brought to court today, as with the brother of the manchester attack, because the prisoners can force the defendant to come to court, underneath the court, but they cannot be physically forced to appear in the court for sentencing. this is something that i know that is worrying judges, they are wondering if they have it net should have the power to order someone to come into court. that does risk. that is quite some unseemly scenes, of physically forcing someone to be brought up the stairs into the dock. it is not the first time we have had this. it is rather unusual excuse for not coming into court, saying that he has heard the crown prosecution service singing, we are the champions. we don t know if there is any evidence of that, but we know that the defendants cannot be forced to come up defendants cannot be forced to come up the stairs come into the dock. the families find that quite difficult, because one of the things that happens on the day sentencing as the f