Lucy Letby

A neo-natal nurse went on trial in Britain on Monday, charged with the murder of seven babies in her care and the attempted killing of 10 others.

One review suggested that in the 12 months from mid-2015, two children were poisoned with insulin. Some who collapsed did not respond to appropriate treatment. "The presence of one of the neo-natal nurses and that nurse was Lucy Letby."

Lucy Letby, 32, has been charged with killing seven babies, as well as the attempted murder of ten more, while she worked at the Countess of Chester ...

When police were called in to investigate the baby slayings in May 2017, their review uncovered the two baby boys had been poisoned with insulin just two days after they were born, Johnson told jurors. Johnson called her a “malevolent presence” in the neonatal unit when the babies died or their health deteriorated rapidly. Police started probing the string of deaths after the hospital noticed a spike in the number of babies who were dying or suffering “serious catastrophic collapses” in early 2015.

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of 15 more.

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A trial suggests Lucy Letby used insulin to poison babies. The Court said a significant number of babies died because of a poisoner at work in the hospital.

Some babies catastrophically collapsed and did not respond to resuscitation, while others recovered. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Lucy Letby](/topic/lucy-letby)denied the 22 charges in [Court](/topic/court). [Johnson](/topic/johnson), the prosecutor, said the institution was generally busy, and unlike other hospitals, this one had a poisoner at work. The nurse was the common factor at a place where entry was restricted. [Countess of Chester hospital](/topic/countess-of-chester-hospital)in the UK had a poisoner at work who used insulin to kill two baby girls and five baby boys.

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of 15 more.

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Lucy Letby, 32, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others.

“That was the first of her days off, having come off duty at about 8am. “She was the only person in the room when Child C collapsed – just as she had been by the side of Child A when he collapsed and had been one of two in the room when Child B collapsed. The designated nurse was “out of the room” and was “called back by Lucy Letby” when the child first began to deteriorate, Mr Johnson said. “Although she was ill, she was responding well to treatment and was not expected to deteriorate,” the prosecutor said. He continued: “So far as the nursing staff were concerned, Lucy Letby was the only person working when Child C died who had also been working when Child A died and Child B had collapsed. “She texted an off-duty colleague saying that she had wanted to be in room 1 because it would be cathartic for her – in other words it would help her wellbeing, she was saying - to see a living baby in the space previously occupied by a dead baby (Child A), the baby who had died a few days earlier under her care.”

A mother interrupted nurse Lucy Letby as she allegedly attacked her baby boy, a murder trial hears.

"Lucy Letby was the only person working on the night shift when child C died who had also been working on either of the shifts when child A died and his twin sister child B collapsed." The court heard it was six days after she allegedly killed child A by injecting air into his bloodstream, and she later similarly attacked his twin sister, child B, causing her to collapse. Ms Letby allegedly injected air into the stomach of the tiny, premature child through a nose tube, causing his breathing and heart to stop, the court was told. The court heard the nurse urged the mother of child E to go back to the postnatal ward, which she did, but was so concerned that she phoned her husband. Ms Letby attempted to reassure the mother that the blood was due to the tube irritating his throat, the court heard. Manchester Crown Court heard child E's mother did not realise he was being attacked and was told by the nurse the blood from his mouth was due to a tube.

Day two in the trial of Lucy Letby, who had specialist training in care for the sickest babies at the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester Hospital, ...

Letby went on to show a "very unusual interest" in Child E's family, said Mr Johnson, with social media searches on them two days after the youngster's death and again on numerous occasions in the following months, including "even on Christmas Day". Following Child E's death in the early hours of 4 August, the Crown said Letby made "fraudulent" nursing notes which were "false, misleading and designed to cover her tracks". Mr Johnson told the jury: "We say, tragically for (Child D) her bad luck or fate was the fact that Lucy Letby was working in the neo-natal unit that night." He then moved on to detailing the death of Child D, who the Crown say was murdered by Letby with an intentional injection of air into the bloodstream. It doesn't really leave much trace." He said on the afternoon of 14 June, 2015 - hours after Child C died - the defendant searched on Facebook for the youngster's parents.

Lucy Letby told the mother of a distressed baby "trust me I'm a nurse", her murder trial hears.

At the time, three children had died and one had had a life-threatening episode in the neonatal unit and "only Lucy Letby was the constant presence", the court was told. "Lucy Letby was the only person working on the night shift when child C died who had also been working on either of the shifts when child A died and his twin sister child B collapsed." Mr Johnson told the court Ms Letby's method of attacking the babies in the neonatal unit was "beginning to develop". The court heard the nurse urged the mother of child E to go back to the postnatal ward, which she did, but was so concerned that she phoned her husband. Ms Letby attempted to reassure the mother that the blood was due to the tube irritating his throat, the court heard. Manchester Crown Court heard child E's mother did not realise he was being attacked and was told by the nurse the blood from his mouth was due to a tube.

Lucy Letby was involved in the care of three babies who collapsed within a week at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital, two of whom sadly ...

Mr Johnson said Letby was “the one person who was working when Child C collapsed, who was also working when Child A and Child B collapsed.” The court has already heard that Letby “tracked” the family of twins Child A and Child B on Facebook. Letby, of Arran Avenue, Hereford, denies all the charges. “And the timing may well suggest that, having done a night shift, [searching for Child C’s parents on Facebook] was one of the first things she did when she woke up.” At 11.30pm, Child C collapsed and a “crash call” was put out for senior doctors who came to start resuscitation efforts. Mr Johnson told jurors Letby “ignored” instructions from the senior nurse to concentrate on looking after JE because he appeared to be deteriorating and entered the room where Child C was being cared for on several occasions.

LONDON — A neonatal nurse charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to kill 10 others was accused in court of injecting newborns with air and ...

Letby was on duty when the newborns were allegedly poisoned — and was present every time “things took a turn for the worse for these 17 children,” Johnson said. In 2017, they called police, whose review of the evidence suggested that two children were poisoned with insulin by someone at the neonatal unit, he added. Our thoughts continue to be with all the families involved.” An autopsy could not determine his cause of death. “Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. Doctors noticed that

Defendant accused of murdering seven babies allegedly said 'trust me, I'm a nurse' when interrupted.

Relatives of some of her alleged victims sat in the public gallery metres to her right. This, the prosecution alleged, was Letby trying to establish an “alibi in someone else’s medical records”. This, Johnson said, was “a big mistake”. He added: “She did not realise it at the time but I’m going to suggest why you can be confident that is what happened. She told her friend she wanted “to see a living baby in the space that had previously been occupied by a dead baby”, the jury of eight women and four men was told. A mother of twins walked in on a nurse attempting to murder one of her baby boys who then told her: “Trust me, I’m a nurse,” a court has heard.

Prosecutors say Lucy Letby abused her position as a maternity nurse to kill seven babies and attack 10 more.

Child D was likewise allegedly murdered by Letby with an air injection, after which the nurse was accused of sending “many messages” to friends suggesting all the victims’ deaths could be easily explained by natural causes. Nurse Letby allegedly injected air into the stomach of another premature baby, Child C, through his nose tube, which caused respiratory failure and his heart to stop. The court also heard that one of the doctors who saw Child E said he’d never seen such a large bleed in a small baby, with subsequent analysis finding that the child lost around a quarter of his blood volume.

Lucy Letby allegedly killed Child E by an injection of air into the bloodstream while working at the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, ...

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