News | Crime I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Child serial killer Lucy Letby said “I’m innocent” as she was led from court after being sentenced to an additional whole-life order for the attempted murder of a baby girl.
Earlier this week, the 34-year-old former nurse was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the attack on the newborn infant during a night shift in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in February 2016. Last August, she was convicted at the same court by another jury of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, with two attempts on one child. She is already serving 14 whole-life orders for each of those offences committed on the unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
On Friday, Mr Justice Goss imposed a 15th whole-life order on Letby and repeated to her that she will spend the rest of her in prison. He then told dock officers to take her down and, as she was led away, she turned round and said: “I’m innocent.” A retrial was ordered on a single allegation concerning the baby girl, known as Child K, after the first jury was unable to reach a verdict but a second jury took just three-and-a-half hours to convict Letby.
I repeat what I have said before, only you (Letby) know the reason or reasons for your murderous campaign. It was another shocking act of calculated, callous cruelty Mr Justice Goss Letby, of Hereford , targeted the “ve.
