On Monday, a Manchester court announced its verdict against 33-year-old nurse Lucy Letby, who had been found guilty of murdering seven newborns in a hospital.
“He acted in a manner totally contrary to normal human instincts to care for infants and in flagrant violation of the trust that all citizens place in healthcare providers,” said Judge James Goss.
The court sentenced Letby to life in prison without the possibility of release, the reading of the sentence was broadcast on television.
‘I killed them on purpose,’ British nurse found guilty of killing seven premature babies
On Friday, she had already been found guilty of the murders, in addition to six counts of attempted murder.
The woman, described by the prosecution as “cold, calculating, cruel and tenacious”, refused to attend the final hearing and maintained her innocence at the trial, which began in October 2022.
It is “cowardly that those who commit such heinous crimes do not face their victims,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
The 33-year-old medical professional worked at the Countess of Chester hospital in intensive care. Between June 2015 and June 2016, seven premature babies died suddenly for no apparent reason, sometimes within hours of each other. Another 10 babies were near death, but were able to be saved.
She has been accused of injecting babies with air intravenously, using nasogastric tubes to send air or an overdose of milk into their stomachs, as well as putting insulin in feeding bags, changing a breathing tube in one premature baby and overfeeding another. Sometimes he used several methods at the same time.
According to Judge James Goss, he appeared to be the only person on duty when the deaths occurred.
At trial, a mother explained how when she returned to give milk to one of her premature twins in August 2015, she heard him scream and discovered he had blood around his mouth. Letby reassured her and advised her to go to her room.
According to the indictment, the nurse had just inserted a medical device all the way down the baby’s throat. He had also injected air into it. The newborn died a few hours later.
After ten months of trial, shadows still linger over his motivations. Investigators found notes in their homes. On one of them she had written, “I’m devilish, I did it.” But in others he claimed his innocence.
One of the questions that remains unsolved is why Letby was not arrested sooner, while the British press indicates that a group of doctors have been issuing warnings since 2015.
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