Lucy Letby

Letby, 32, entered not guilty pleas at Manchester court to seven counts of murder and 15 of attempted murder.

Johnson said many of the deaths or sudden collapses of babies occurred during night shifts worked by Letby, when their parents would not be present. Johnson told jurors that the Countess of Chester’s neonatal unit was like any other in the country, treating premature or sick babies. On the other side of the public gallery sat Letby’s parents, John, 76, and Susan, 62. Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, told the jury: “We say the collapses and deaths of the 17 children named on the indictment were not normally occurring tragedies. She allegedly tried to kill some babies more than once – in one case, three times – using various methods, the jury of eight women and four men was told. The nurse tried to kill his twin sister the next day, it is alleged.

Lucy Letby, 32, is accused of murdering five boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June ...

“The prosecution says that somebody poisoned those babies deliberately with insulin, these were no accidents,” said Mr Johnson. The second baby was allegedly poisoned after he was born in April 2016. Two of the babies were poisoned with insulin, the court heard. “Some other babies who didn’t die, collapsed dramatically but then equally dramatically recovered,” Mr Johnson explained. “It’s a big general hospital, included within the facilities that it provides is a maternity unit. Mr Johnson said that prior to January 2015, the level of babies dying or collapsing in the unit was “comparable to other like units.”

Court told consultants noticed 'deaths had one common denominator- the presence of one of the neonatal nurses. That nurse was Lucy Letby'

We all have emotions, it is part of our character as human beings. The alleged methods of harm were varied. She faces 15 attempted murder charges in total. They survived. At the start of the hearing, the defendant, wearing a blue jacket over a black shirt, stood in the dock and replied “not guilty” as each of the 22 charges were read out to her at Manchester Crown Court. When police subsequently searched Ms Letby's computer, they found records indicating the family of Child A and B had been “tracked” by her on Facebook - but she told police during an interview in 2020 that she had no memory of this. Mr Johnson said an expert paediatrician who reviewed the case concluded Child B was subjected to “some form of sabotage” and may have been injected with a dose of air. This proved to be “the first of a series” of unusual skin discolourations on babies who died or collapsed over the succeeding months, said the prosecutor. “But unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neonatal units in the UK, within the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work," said the prosecutor. Many of the alleged attacks took place during night shifts, but when Ms Letby moved on to day shifts, “the collapses and deaths moved to the day shifts”, jurors were told. “We say that the collapses and deaths of the 17 children named in the indictment were not naturally occurring tragedies,” said the prosecutor. Consultants at the hospital were said to have gradually grown concerned by a “significant rise” in the number of babies dying or suffering serious collapses in the hospital.

Opening the prosecution case, Nick Johnson KC said the Countess of Chester Hospital was a “busy general hospital” which included a neo-natal unit that cared for ...

“Having searched for a cause, which they were unable to find, the consultants noticed that the inexplicable collapses and deaths did have one common denominator. He continued: “Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. “Their concern was that babies who were dying had deteriorated unexpectedly. “When upon Lucy Letby was moved on to day shifts, the collapses and deaths moved to the day shifts.” He said: “It is a hospital like so many others in the UK but unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neo-natal units in the UK, within the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work. “Prior to January 2015, the statistics for the mortality of babies in the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester were comparable to other like units.

Nurse is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another 10 between June 2015 and June 2016.

Johnson said many of the deaths or sudden collapses of babies occurred during night shifts worked by Letby, when their parents would not be present. Johnson told jurors that the Countess of Chester’s neonatal unit was like any other in the country, treating premature or sick babies. On the other side of the public gallery sat Letby’s parents, John, 76, and Susan, 62. Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, told the jury: “We say the collapses and deaths of the 17 children named on the indictment were not normally occurring tragedies. She allegedly tried to kill some babies more than once – in one case, three times – using various methods, the jury of eight women and four men was told. The nurse tried to kill his twin sister the next day, it is alleged.

A neonatal nurse was a 'poisoner at work' resulting in a significant rise in the collapses and deaths of babies, a trial has heard.

These rises were noticed by the consultants working at the Countess of Chester and they searched for a cause.” Both were poisoned a couple of days after they were born, the court heard. The prosecutor said that the two children poisoned with insulin, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were two baby boys. “Many of the events in this case occurred on the night shifts. She denies the 22 offences. “That review suggests that in the period between mid-2015 and the middle of 2016 somebody in the neonatal unit poisoned two children with insulin,” the prosecutor said. Over the 18 months there were between 25 and 30 nurses, along with 15 nursery nurses, working in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the court heard. “Prior to January 2015, the statistics in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester for the mortality of the babies in the UK were comparable to other like units,” Mr Johnson KC said. “However, over the next 18 months or so, there was a significant rise in the number of babies who were dying and in the number of serious catastrophic collapses. He said whilst it was like ‘so many others’ in the UK, it was ‘unlike many other neonatal units in the UK’ because within the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, a ‘poisoner was at work’. Opening the case, Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC said the Countess of Chester Hospital, based on the edge of the city of Chester was a ‘busy general hospital’, which included a neonatal unit that cared for premature and sick babies. A neonatal nurse was a ‘poisoner at work’ resulting in a significant rise in the collapses and deaths of babies, a trial has heard.

She worked in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester.

The collapses and deaths of all the 17 children concerned were not “naturally-occurring tragedies,” Mr Johnson said. “There’s a very restricted number of people who could have been the poisoner, because entry to a neo-natal unit is closely restricted.” Opening the prosecution case, Nick Johnson KC said the Countess of Chester Hospital was a “busy general hospital” which included a neo-natal unit that cared for premature and sick babies. Mr Johnson continued: “Many of the events in this case occurred on the night shifts. These rises were noticed by the consultants working at the Countess of Chester and they searched for a cause." Family members of some of her alleged child victims sat in the public gallery listening as the names of the children were read out during her not guilty pleas.

Lucy Letby, who denies murdering five boys and two girls and attempting to kill 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital was 'constant malevolent ...

He went on: “Their concern was that babies who were dying had deteriorated unexpectedly. [abies](/topic/babies) and attempted to kill 10 others, a court has heard. He said: “It is a hospital like so many others in the UK but unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neo-natal units in the UK, within the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work.”

THE trial of former Countess of Chester Hospital nurse Lucy Letby, who is accused of multiple baby murders, is due to finalise its jury and hear…

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Lucy Letby, who had specialist training in care for the sickest babies at the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester, is alleged to have gone on a ...

His elder sister was attacked 28 hours later on the night of 9/10 June, but she survived. His younger twin (Child F) was also attacked but survived. Child L & M: Twin boys. Only Letby was on shift when all the babies were harmed. Today, six children were mentioned in court. "But unlike many other hospitals in the UK and unlike many other neonatal units in the UK, within the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester a poisoner was at work," he said.

A nurse accused of multiple baby murders has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Lucy Letby, 32, faces 22 charges including the murder of five boys and two ...

Family members of some of her alleged child victims sat in the public gallery listening as the names of the children were read out during her not guilty pleas. On the other side of the public gallery sat the defendant’s parents, John, 76, and Susan, 62. Letby, of Arran Avenue, Hereford, wearing a blue jacket over a black shirt, stood in the dock and replied “not guilty” as each of the 22 charges were read out to her at Manchester Crown Court.

A court has heard how a children's nurse 'injected babies with air and insulin' – as she stands accused of murdering seven other infants and trying to kill ...

The presence of one of the neonatal nurses. Her trial will last up to six months. The nurse is said to have "poisoned" the babies - referred to as Child F and Child L for legal reasons - "deliberately with insulin" as part of her attempted murder spree.

Lucy Letby, 32, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further 10, while working at a neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital ...

“The rules are that two nurses have to sign when things are administered to a baby,” Mr Johnson added. Mr Johnson described this as “an interesting turn of phrase” which he asked jurors to bear in mind “as my explanation of the evidence develops”. Dr Bohin concluded that the most likely reason was an “air embolus”, a dose of air, that had been “deliberately administered” by someone who “knew it would cause significant harm”, the court heard. By 8.26pm however, Child A was “deteriorating rapidly” and Letby alerted a senior doctor who was on duty, Mr Johnson told jurors. Prior to January 2015, the mortality rate for babies in the neonatal unit was “comparable” to any other unit, but over the next 18 months there was a “significant rise in the number of babies who were dying and in the number of serious collapses,” the court heard. Opening the case for the prosecution on Monday, Nick Johnson KC told the jury that although the Countess of Chester was a “busy” general hospital like any other in the country, “unlike many others, at the Countess of Chester hospital there was a poisoner at work”.

Hereford nurse is on trial at Manchester Crown Court and denies murdering seven babies and trying to kill a further 10.

“There’s a very restricted number of people who could have been the poisoner, because entry to a neo-natal unit is closely restricted.” Mr Johnson said as medics could not account for the collapses and deaths, police were called in and conducted a “pain-staking review”. “They were all the work, we say, of Prior to January 2015, the statistics for the mortality of babies in the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester were comparable to other like units. Both were poisoned a couple of days after they were born. He said: “Many of the events in this case occurred on the night shifts. Opening the prosecution case, Nick Johnson KC said it was a “busy general hospital” which included a neo-natal unit that cared for premature and sick babies. She has [pleaded not guilty to all of the charges](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/all-about/crime). “Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. He said: “That review suggests that in the period between mid-2015 and the middle of 2016 somebody in the neo-natal unit poisoned two children with insulin. He said: “It is a hospital like so many others in the UK but unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neo-natal units in the UK, within the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work. [North Wales Live](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/nurse-lucy-letby-pleads-not-25224713), Letby was working in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time.

The trial of Lucy Letby, accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another 10, has begun.

The jury were also told that Letby had searched for the families of the babies on Facebook. He suggested that the collapse was consistent with a deliberate injection of air or something else into Child A's blood stream a minute or two prior to his collapse. He concluded that Child A was a well infant in a satisfactory condition immediately prior to the fatal collapse. The girl, who was also stable and not expected to collapse, became ill shortly after midnight and around 15 minutes after Letby had administered a bag of feed via an intravenous line. Both concluded that the strange skin discolouration could only be explained by air in the bloodstream. Another nurse on the unit rushed to help after Child B became blue, stopped breathing and went limp. The court heard Letby began the night shift between 7.30-8pm on the evening of the boy's death and took over his care after a handover from a day-shift nurse. The first injection caused the death of Child A; the second the dangerous and life-threatening collapse of Child B. Mr Johnson told the jury that, 10 minutes later, the baby had suddenly stopped breathing and the alarm was raised. "The fact that it happened in two cases just over 24 hours apart, shows that these were no accidents. The jury has heard that according to hospital records Letby was allegedly present when all 22 murders or attempted murders took place. He said: "No one expected them to face grave problems, yet both suffered unusual symptoms within a short time of each other, which in interview Lucy Letby said were similar.

The 32-year-old is also accused of the attempted murder of 10 babies, some on multiple occasions. Letby has denied all 15 attempted murder charges. Prosecuting ...

Mr Johnson added these deaths and non-fatal collapses were deliberate, and Letby was the "constant malevolent presence" when things took a turn for the worse in these 17 children. Letby has denied all 15 attempted murder charges. She has pleaded not guilty to all of those charges.

She is accused of murdering seven babies and 15 charges of attempted murder, involving 10 babies, while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June ...

A reporting restriction is in place prohibiting the identification of the 17 alleged victims. Child A was pronounced dead 32 minutes later. She was resuscitated by doctors. Mr Johnson said the two children poisoned with insulin, identified as child F and child L, were two baby boys, both born twins; the first born in summer 2015 and the other born in spring 2016. Mr Johnson said an expert paediatrician, who reviewed the case, had concluded child B was subjected to “some form of sabotage” and she may have been injected with a dose of air. The doctors noted an odd discolouration on the child's skin, which Mr Johnson said became a "hallmark" of some of the cases in which Letby allegedly injected air into the bloodstream of the victim. The prosecution alleges that many of the collapses happened on the night shift, but when Letby was moved to the day shifts, the collapses and deaths also moved to the day shifts. Mr Johnson said child A, the first alleged murder, was attacked at just a day old, on June 8 2015. Mr Johnson said that, prior to January 2015, the statistics for the mortality of babies at the hospital were comparable to other like units, but over the next 18 months or so, there was a significant rise in the number of deaths and "catastrophic collapses". Opening the prosecution case, Nick Johnson KC said the Countess of Chester Hospital was a “busy general hospital” which included a neo-natal unit that cared for premature and sick babies. But, he said, "a poisoner was at work" within the neo-natal unit at the hospital. A HEREFORD nurse has been accused of being "a poisoner at work" within the neo-natal unit of the hospital where she worked as the prosecution opened at her murder trial.

A HEREFORD nurse has been accused of using insulin to poison children as the prosecution opens at her murder trial.

“Having searched for a cause, which they were unable to find, the consultants noticed that the inexplicable collapses and deaths did have one common denominator. He continued: “Babies who had not been unstable at all suddenly deteriorated. “Their concern was that babies who were dying had deteriorated unexpectedly. “When upon Lucy Letby was moved on to day shifts, the collapses and deaths moved to the day shifts.” He said: “It is a hospital like so many others in the UK but unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neo-natal units in the UK, within the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work. “Prior to January 2015, the statistics for the mortality of babies in the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester were comparable to other like units.

Lucy Letby, 32, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others.

“That was the first of her days off, having come off duty at about 8am. “She was the only person in the room when Child C collapsed – just as she had been by the side of Child A when he collapsed and had been one of two in the room when Child B collapsed. The designated nurse was “out of the room” and was “called back by Lucy Letby” when the child first began to deteriorate, Mr Johnson said. “Although she was ill, she was responding well to treatment and was not expected to deteriorate,” the prosecutor said. He continued: “So far as the nursing staff were concerned, Lucy Letby was the only person working when Child C died who had also been working when Child A died and Child B had collapsed. “She texted an off-duty colleague saying that she had wanted to be in room 1 because it would be cathartic for her – in other words it would help her wellbeing, she was saying - to see a living baby in the space previously occupied by a dead baby (Child A), the baby who had died a few days earlier under her care.”

A mother interrupted nurse Lucy Letby as she allegedly attacked her baby boy, a murder trial hears.

"Lucy Letby was the only person working on the night shift when child C died who had also been working on either of the shifts when child A died and his twin sister child B collapsed." The court heard it was six days after she allegedly killed child A by injecting air into his bloodstream, and she later similarly attacked his twin sister, child B, causing her to collapse. Ms Letby allegedly injected air into the stomach of the tiny, premature child through a nose tube, causing his breathing and heart to stop, the court was told. The court heard the nurse urged the mother of child E to go back to the postnatal ward, which she did, but was so concerned that she phoned her husband. Ms Letby attempted to reassure the mother that the blood was due to the tube irritating his throat, the court heard. Manchester Crown Court heard child E's mother did not realise he was being attacked and was told by the nurse the blood from his mouth was due to a tube.

Day two in the trial of Lucy Letby, who had specialist training in care for the sickest babies at the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester Hospital, ...

Letby went on to show a "very unusual interest" in Child E's family, said Mr Johnson, with social media searches on them two days after the youngster's death and again on numerous occasions in the following months, including "even on Christmas Day". Following Child E's death in the early hours of 4 August, the Crown said Letby made "fraudulent" nursing notes which were "false, misleading and designed to cover her tracks". Mr Johnson told the jury: "We say, tragically for (Child D) her bad luck or fate was the fact that Lucy Letby was working in the neo-natal unit that night." He then moved on to detailing the death of Child D, who the Crown say was murdered by Letby with an intentional injection of air into the bloodstream. It doesn't really leave much trace." He said on the afternoon of 14 June, 2015 - hours after Child C died - the defendant searched on Facebook for the youngster's parents.

Lucy Letby was involved in the care of three babies who collapsed within a week at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital, two of whom sadly ...

Mr Johnson said Letby was “the one person who was working when Child C collapsed, who was also working when Child A and Child B collapsed.” The court has already heard that Letby “tracked” the family of twins Child A and Child B on Facebook. Letby, of Arran Avenue, Hereford, denies all the charges. “And the timing may well suggest that, having done a night shift, [searching for Child C’s parents on Facebook] was one of the first things she did when she woke up.” At 11.30pm, Child C collapsed and a “crash call” was put out for senior doctors who came to start resuscitation efforts. Mr Johnson told jurors Letby “ignored” instructions from the senior nurse to concentrate on looking after JE because he appeared to be deteriorating and entered the room where Child C was being cared for on several occasions.

On the second day of the prosecution's opening, Manchester Crown Court heard how Letby allegedly killed a baby boy, child C, just six days after murdering for ...

However over the next 18 months or so there was a significant rise in the number of babies who were dying and in the number of serious catastrophic collapses. A court order prohibits reporting of the identities of surviving and deceased children allegedly attacked by Letby, and prohibits identifying parents or witnesses connected with the children. "What we are going to see, as we progress, is that Lucy Letby's method of attacking the babies in the neo-natal unit was beginning to develop. On the nightshift of June 14, Letby was supposed to be looking after another, more poorly baby, in another room. Lucy Letby, 32, is alleged to have gone on a year-long killing spree while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire. The boy had been born prematurely at 30 weeks weighing only 800 grams, but despite going into intensive care was in good condition.

Lucy Letby, 32, is accused of 22 charges of murder and attempted murder of the babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, between June 2015 and June 2016.

Mr Johnson told the jury: “As you know we have 22 charges, 17 children. Mr Johnson added: “As we go through my introduction of the case, we will see that similar events repeated themselves. Prosecutor Nick Johnson went on: “It is a complicated case by any measures. This was no accident." "The presence of one of the neonatal nurses and that nurse was Lucy Letby." The collapses and deaths of all the 17 children concerned were not "naturally-occurring tragedies," Mr Johnson said. "When upon Lucy Letby was moved on to day shifts, the collapses and deaths moved to the day shifts." He said: "It is a hospital like so many others in the UK but unlike many other hospitals in the UK, and unlike many other neonatal units in the UK, within the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital a poisoner was at work." He said: "That review suggests that in the period between mid-2015 and the middle of 2016 somebody in the neonatal unit poisoned two children with insulin. "The presence of one of the neonatal nurses and that nurse was Lucy Letby.” The collapses and deaths of 17 children at a hospital neonatal unit were not "naturally-occurring tragedies" but the work of a "poisoner", a court has heard. Opening the case, Mr Johnson said the Countess of Chester Hospital was a "busy general hospital" which included a neonatal unit that cared for premature and sick babies.