Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby is a child murderer and serial killer who will die in prison after being handed a whole life order. The former nurse is the most prolific baby killer in modern history.
Letby murdered seven babies, and attempted to kill six others, on the neonatal unit where she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
She used various ways to harm the babies including injecting air into the bloodstream, injecting air into the stomach, overfeeding with milk, physical assaults and poisoning with insulin.
She was first arrested over the crimes in July 2018 and charged in November 2020. Her trial started in October 2022 and lasted 10 months.
She was sentenced, aged 33, to whole life in prison at Manchester Crown Court on August 21, 2023. Prosecutors said Letby was a 'calculated opportunist' who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick infants to camouflage her acts. Only three other women have ever been given a whole life term in the UK - Moors Murderer Myra Hindley and murderers Rose West and Joanne Dennehy.
