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Killer Lucy Letby will face a retrial on count of attempted murder

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Updated 11:59 25 Sep 2023 GMT+1Published 10:55 25 Sep 2023 GMT+1

Killer Lucy Letby will face a retrial on count of attempted murder

The child serial killer will face a retrial on one count of attempted murder

Gregory Robinson

Gregory Robinson

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that Lucy Letby will face a retrial on one count of attempted murder at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Serial killer nurse Letby, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order last month after jurors convicted her of the murders of seven babies, and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016.

Although the disgraced nurse was given a whole life order for the murders, the jury in her trial at Manchester Crown Court was unable to reach verdicts last month on six counts of attempted murder in relation to five children.

The former nurse, from Hereford, denied all the offences and formally lodged an appeal against her conviction at the Court of Appeal earlier this month.

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The jury of seven women and four men in Letby's trial were unable to reach verdicts on allegations that she attempted to murder three baby girls, referred to in court documents as Child H, Child J and Child K.

Letby was cleared of two other counts of attempted murder.

Lucy Letby is set to face a retrial for one count of attempted murder.
Cheshire Constabulary via Getty Images

The jury also decided it could not reach verdicts over two counts of attempted murder against Child N, a baby boy, and an allegation she tried to murder another male infant, Child Q.

Letby was found guilty of one count of attempted murder against Child N.

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But prosecutors decided today (25 September) decided to seek a retrial for Letby on one count of attempted murder involving Child K, which has been provisionally set for 10 June 2024.

A significant rise in the number of babies suffering serious and unexpected collapses in 2015 and 2016 was noticed by the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Letby’s presence when collapses happened was mentioned for the first time to senior management by the unit’s head consultant in late June 2015.

The Countess of Chester hospital was where Lucy Letby carried out her crimes between 2015-2016.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Some consultants grew concerned about Letby and they raised the issue with hospital bosses when more unexplained and unusual collapses of babies followed, Letby's trial at Manchester Crown Court heard.

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Letby was not removed from the unit after the deaths of two triplet boys and the collapse of another baby boy on three successive days in June 2016.

She was confined to clerical work but registered a grievance procedure, which was resolved in her favour, and was due to return to the unit in March 2017.

Letby was arrested at her home in Chester in July 2018 and charged in November that year.

The trial began on 4 October 2022 with the jury reaching its final deliberations on August 18. She was sentenced on 21 August.

Featured Image Credit: Cheshire Constabulary/Getty Images

Topics: Crime, Lucy Letby

Gregory Robinson
Gregory Robinson

Gregory is a journalist for LADbible. After graduating with a master's degree in journalism, he has worked for both print and online publications and is particularly interested in TV, (pop) music and lifestyle. He loves Madonna, teen dramas from the '90s and prefers tea over coffee.

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