The judge said Letby showed a 'malevolence bordering sadism' as he handed her a whole-life order for every murder she carried out.
The judge said Letby showed a"malevolence bordering sadism" as he handed her a whole-life order for every murder she carried out.Monday 21 August 2023 13:46, UKLucy Letby will die in prison after being handed 14 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others while working on a hospital's neonatal unit.
She faced seven murder charges and seven counts of attempted murder because she tried to kill one of her victims twice.Mr Justice Goss told Manchester Crown Court:"There was premeditation, calculation and cunning in your actions." Letby - who was in her mid-20s and working at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time of the murders between June 2015 and June 2016 - is the UK's most prolific child killer of modern times."The impact of your crimes has been immense," the judge said, adding"lifelong harm" had been caused after Letby targeted babies whose lives were cut short"almost as soon as they began".
Another woman whose two children E and F were attacked by Letby said they were born after painful rounds of IVF.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerMr Justice Goss said in his remarks:"You acted in a way that was completely contrary to the normal human instincts of nurturing and caring for babies and in gross breach of the trust that all citizens place in those who work in the medical and caring professions.
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