Mon 21 August 2023:
Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven newborns, is suspected of harming dozens more babies at two hospitals in the north-west of England, according to police, The Guardian reported.
According to a source familiar with the police inquiry, officers found roughly 30 babies who had “suspicious” incidents at the Countess of Chester hospital where she worked.
Letby, 33, has been identified as being on duty for each of these mysterious collapses. Police are also looking into the medical records of babies born at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where Letby works.
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These 30 babies, who all survived, are in addition to the 17 infants who featured in the nurse’s 10-month trial at Manchester crown court.
Letby is facing a whole-life sentence on Monday after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six in “persistent, calculated and cold-blooded” attacks in the year to June 2016.
Experts have been asked by Cheshire constabulary to examine the medical records of more than 4,000 babies born at Liverpool women’s hospital and the Countess of Chester between 2012 and 2015.
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The Guardian has been told that the 17 babies who featured in the recently concluded trial were in “phase one” of the continuing police investigation, called Operation Hummingbird.
It is understood that detectives had earlier this year identified a further 40 babies who suffered “suspicious” incidents when Letby was on shift at the Countess of Chester hospital. Further inquiries meant that some of these infants were later de-prioritised by investigators, although their cases have not been dropped altogether.
By April, detectives are understood to have identified “suspicious” cases involving about 30 babies at the Chester hospital.
Investigations are also continuing at Liverpool women’s hospital, where Letby completed placements in 2012 and 2016. At least one family was told earlier this year by police that the birth of their child is part of the inquiry, it is understood.
Cheshire constabulary has said it is “impossible” to put a figure on the number of cases because the investigation, staffed by between 60 and 70 detectives, is still open.
Bereaved parents gasped and wept in the public gallery as the verdicts were delivered over several dramatic days at Manchester crown court, after one of the longest-running murder trials in recent times.
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