Lucy Letby Convicted of Baby’s Attempted Murder

Published on July 2, 2024

Lucy Letby, the nurse who was convicted of killing seven premature babies last year, has been convicted of the attempted murder of another infant after a retrial. On Tuesday a jury at Manchester Crown Court found Letby—who was given a whole life sentence in August 2023—guilty of the attempted murder of Child K, a girl, at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Letby, 34, worked on a special unit for premature babies at the hospital and last year was convicted of the murder of seven infants and the attempted murder of another six. She had denied any involvement in the deaths but the first trial heard they all occurred at the hospital in Chester on dates and times between June 2015 and June 2016 when she was on shift....