'MALEVOLENT PRESENCE' Baby ‘killer’ nurse Lucy Letby ‘injected babies with air and insulin’ as she ‘tried multiple times to murder children’
A “POISONER was at work” in a hospital which saw a sudden spike in babies’ death rates, a court was told yesterday.
Children’s nurse Lucy Letby allegedly murdered seven tots and attempted to murder ten more over a 12-month period.
Letby, 32, is accused of poisoning two with insulin and sabotaging the treatment of others in a year-long campaign.
Some were just days, or even hours, old.
Described as a “constant malevolent presence” on the NHS neo-natal unit, Letby is also alleged to have made multiple attempts to kill some of the babies.
Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC told the court the methods varied — some were injected with air while others were given too much insulin or milk.
But he claimed “the common denominator” was Letby.
Mr Johnson added: “We allege that sometimes Lucy Letby tried to kill the same baby more than once.
“Sometimes a baby that she succeeded in killing, she did not manage to kill the first time she tried, or even the second time, and in one case even the third time.”
Earlier, Letby, dressed in a dark blue trouser suit and black top, had calmly responded “not guilty” to each of the 22 charges read to her.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20057884/lucy-letby-nurse-murder-babies-trial/
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