/ 21 August 2023

British nurse found guilty of babies’ murders

A sign that says "Welcome to Countess of Chester Hospital"

This was around on Saturday but it’s so shocking, here we are… Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering 7 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital (about 40km south of Liverpool) between June 2015-June 2016. The 33yo was also found guilty of attempting to murder another 6 babies, not guilty of 2 other attempted murders, and the jury couldn’t reach a verdict on another 6 charges. It wraps up a 10-month trial that saw prosecutors describe Letby as a “calculating and devious” opportunist. She’d pleaded not guilty to all charges and her defence team argued the deaths were due to “serial failures in care” in the unit. But during a police search of Letby’s home, officers found a handwritten note saying: “I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them”. Letby will be sentenced on Monday local time, while the UK Government has launched an inquiry into claims that the hospital ignored reports against her. 

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