Child serial killer Lucy Letby has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge her murder and attempted murder convictions.
The former nurse is Britain’s most prolific child killer The former nurse, who is Britain’s most prolific child killer, was sentenced to 14 whole-life orders in August for the murders of seven babies and six attempted killings. Each of Letby’s offences took place in the neonatal unit where she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire between June 2015 and June 2016. She lodged an application to challenge all the counts in September.
The prosecution is not pursuing a retrial on the five other charges of attempted murder, relating to four babies – two girls, Baby H and Baby J, and two boys, Baby N and Baby Q – after the jury in Letby’s trial was unable to reach verdicts. Applications for permission to appeal against a crown court decision are typically considered by a judge looking at legal documents without a hearing.
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