Lucy Letby - page 3

Alison Kelly was the nursing director at the Countess of Chester Hospital while nurse Letby murdered seven babies.

One parent called the absence of Letby, who killed seven babies while working in the Countess of Chester neonatal unit, a 'final act of wickedness from a coward'.

The nurse murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015-2016.

Karen Rees has been accused of failing to remove Letby from the neonatal unit despite staff concerns – but she says she was unable to because she 'needed more information' from her accusers.

'It would be very embarrassing if she kills herself before justice gets done.'

The prosecution's lead medical expert said hospital executives were 'grossly negligent'.

'To us the evidence in front of us was quite clear, it felt like they’d tried to engineer a narrative, some way out of this which didn’t involve police.'

She is one of many friends who support Lucy Letby.

'Letby has taken everything from us - absolutely everything.'

The doctor had told Letby she was one of the few nurses he would trust with his children.

Among the mementos the killer nurse kept in her house, officers found thank you cards and resuscitation notes.

The parents of the baby-killing nurse didn't miss a day of the trial.

'We're committed to looking at the entire time that Lucy has been employed as a nurse.'

She told her legal team she did not want to return to the dock.

The families of Letby's victims released a powerful statement outside the Court

Letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others.

'People didn’t contemplate the remotest possibility of a nurse trying to kill tiny babies.’ 

'She was an authority and she knew better than me and I trusted her. Completely.’

Chilling video footage shows Letby arrested at her home in Chester in July 2018.

Lucy Letby was first arrested in July 2018, and then again in June 2019 and November 2020.

Letby's trial has captured the horrified attention of millions.

Follow Metro.co.uk's live rolling coverage of the verdict as it happens.

She faces spending the rest of her life behind bars.

Police also found fascist and racist manifestos and books in Samuel Doyle's home.

Dr Ravi Jayaram told the court he walked in on Lucy Letby 'mid-attack'.