Serial killer Lucy Letby sentenced for attempted murder of two-hour-old infant – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

34-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted last August of having killed five boys and two infant girls while working as a nurse at a hospital in Liverpool. The murders were committed in 2015 and 2016, while Letby worked as a nurse at a hospital in Liverpool. She is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Letby was also convicted of attempted murder of six infants. Tampered with the breathing tube On Tuesday, she was sentenced again in a court in Manchester, writes The Guardian. This time for trying to kill a baby girl just two hours after she was born. The girl weighed just 692 grams and was born 15 weeks early. Photo: LINDSEY PARNABY / AFP/NTB Letby has denied guilt throughout. She has also appealed the latest sentence. According to the verdict, Letby must have tampered with the girl’s breathing tube while they were alone, which threatened her life by causing the oxygen saturation in her blood to become critically low. She is also said to have switched off an alarm that warned of the critical condition. The child died three days later after she was transferred to another hospital. Letby has not been charged with causing the death. Doctors were concerned. Investigations and investigations are still ongoing. A central question in the case is how Letby was able to carry out so many murders and attempted murders before she was arrested. Letby carried out the murders and attempted murders in 2015 and 2016. Photo: Chester Standard / SWNS.com / SWNS The Guardian writes that several doctors were concerned and had linked Letby to several unexplained incidents. Nevertheless, she continued to work at the hospital’s neonatal unit. The police are investigating, among other things, the decisions taken by the hospital management when the children died and whether the hospital may also be culpable for the murders. Published 02.07.2024, at 19.47



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