KILLER: Lucy Letby (Prime Time True Crime)
On August 21, 2023, 33-year-old neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of being the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern British history.
She was found guilty of murdering seven infants and she attempted to kill 6 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital in the English city of Chester, where she worked in the neonatal unit.
The murders took place between June 2015 and June 2016.
Letby's methods of killing included injecting babies with air, force-feeding some infants with milk, and poisoning two of the infants with insulin.
During her sentencing hearing, Lucy refused to appear in court but the judge proceeded in her absence.
He emphasized that her conduct was a gross breach of trust placed in medical and caring professionals and displayed a malevolence bordering on sadism.
The trial lasted 10 months and Lucy Letby was given seven whole-life terms, one for each of the murders, making her only the fourth woman in UK history to receive such a severe sentence.
The jury was unable to reach verdicts on the six counts of attempted murder after lengthy deliberations.
The case also revealed that concerns about her conduct had been raised within the hospital two years prior to her actually being arrested, leading to many deaths that could've been prevented.
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