A British nurse has been found guilty of the murder of seven newborn babies and the attempted murder of another six during her time at a neonatal unit near Liverpool. Police are currently investigating whether Lucy Letby harmed any other infants during her time at the hospital.
The verdict, which came on Friday after a ten-month trial, makes Letby the most prolific child killer in modern British history, Reuters reported.
Letby, 33, worked as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, when doctors reported a string of unexplained deaths and injuries among newborn and premature babies. Hospital management dismissed these reports, but a police investigation was launched and Letby was arrested in 2018.
A search of Letby’s home revealed handwritten notes in which she confessed to murdering the babies. "I am a horrible evil person," she wrote in one note, "I AM EVIL I DID THIS." Parents came forward and told investigators how they walked in on Letby attacking infants at the hospital, with Letby responding “trust me, I’m a nurse” in one case. (more...)
Baby-killing nurse convicted in UK
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