The NHS will face scrutiny over alleged failures to listen to whistleblowers’ warnings about baby killer Lucy Letby after the nurse was convicted of another attempted murder. Letby was convicted of trying to murder a “very premature” infant by dislodging her breathing tube in the early hours of February 17 2016 on Tuesday, following a retrial at Manchester Crown Court. The 34 year-old’s latest conviction comes after she was found guilty of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016, following her original trial last August.
The former nurse was given a rare whole-life order, making her one of Britain’s most prolific child serial killers. She is due to be sentenced for the further offence on Friday. During the retrial, a jury was told that she deliberately dislodged Child K’s breathing tube and was “caught virtually red-handed” by consultant paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram when he walked into the unit’s intensive care nursery room.
Below we look at what happens now that Letby has been found guilty again. In October last year, Cheshire Constabulary announced it had launched an investigation into potential corporate manslaughter involving the Countess of Chester Hospital. Police are looking into the hospital’s senior leadership and its decisions made in relation to Lucy Letby.
Lady Justice Thirlwall was appointed by the government to chair a statutory.
