A British nurse is jailed for life for murdering babies

The nurse harmed the babies in ways that were hard to detect, and convinced her colleagues that their collapses and deaths were normal, according to prosecutors.

After 22 days of jury deliberation, a British judge has sentenced Lucy Letby to life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospital in northern England. . The harshest sentence possible under British law.

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“During the course of this trial, you have coldly denied any responsibility for your misconduct and have tried to blame others for fault. You have no remorse. There are no mitigating factors. In their entirety, the crimes of murder and attempted murder were exceptionally high severity and just punishment, under the law, requires a whole order of life,” Judge James Goss declared.

Letby did not attend the hearing to hear the anger and anguish of the parents of the children whose lives he took or injured.

The victims, including two triplets, were murdered in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in north-west England between June 2015 and June 2016. For a year, Letby exploited the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their parents. anxious.

The nurse harmed the babies in ways that were hard to detect, and convinced her colleagues that their collapses and deaths were normal, according to prosecutors.

Letby’s absence, which is allowed in British courts during sentencing, fueled the anger of the victims’ families, who wanted him to hear statements about the devastation caused by their crimes.

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