Lucy Letby killed at least seven babies in her care in a Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016
A prison van believed to be carrying convicted nurse Lucy Letby leaving Manchester crown court in England. Letby, a former nurse at Countess of Cheshire Hospital, was sentenced to 14 whole-of-life orders for murdering seven babies, and attempting to murder six more, in the hospital's neonatal ward between 2015 and 2016. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe worst mass murderer of children in British history will spend the rest of her life behind bars, a court has ruled.
The sentencing judge in Manchester crown court said Letby had a “deep malevolence bordering on sadism” and there was no mitigation that could be considered for her crimes, which included killing babies by injecting them with air and poisoning others with insulin or through overfeeding. Letby, who maintained her innocence throughout her 10-month trial, refused to appear in court on Monday to hear her sentence or face victims’ families, who branded her a “coward”. British prime minister Rishi Sunak said the government was examining a legal change to force criminals to appear for sentencing after Letby refused to leave her holding cell.
The government has also ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances of her killing spree. Doctors at the hospital claimed some murdered babies could have been saved if their warnings over Letby had been heeded earlier by management.
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