After 10 months of harrowing evidence and lengthy, rigorous cross-examinations, the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was eventually convicted of murdering seven babies who were in her care and attempting to kill six more, making her the most prolific child serial killer in modern history.
She has been given multiple whole life terms, and there are calls for a full government inquiry into how this was allowed to happen at the hospital where she continued to work for three years after whistleblowers spoke up. The judge, Mr Justice Goss, said the “cruelty and calculation” of Letby’s actions between June 2015 and June 2016 were “truly horrific”.
