She is also accused of injecting Child Q with excess air and a clear fluid, possibly water or saline, into his stomach through a nasogastric tube, in an attempt to kill him.Ĭhild Q was transferred to another hospital, where he went on to make a “rapid recovery”. It is certainly what she intended because it was something she had done to so many other children.” Disturbing confessions scrawled on post-it notes by Lucy Letby were found during a search of her home, a court has heard, Credit: Chester Standard / /Chester Standard / Ĭhild P’s death came just one day after the death of his brother, Child O, who Letby is also accused of murdering. “After all, she knew what she had done to him and therefore she knew what was likely to happen. “That remark surprised (the doctor) but Lucy Letby’s prediction came true,” Johnson said She denied causing deliberate harm to the baby boy known as Child P, who she is accused of murdering.Ĭhild P had suffered “acute deterioration” before plans were made to move him to another hospital but, before he could be transferred, the baby collapsed and soon died, the court heard.Ī doctor was said to have been “optimistic” about Child P’s prospects but “all of a sudden Lucy Letby said to him something like ‘he’s not leaving alive here, is he?’,” Johnson said. Denying the attempted murder of tripletsĪmong the charges, Letby is accused of the murder and attempted murder of a set of triplets, referred to in court as Child O, Child P and Child Q. Letby was arrested three times in connection with the deaths before she was charged in November 2020. Police launched an investigation into the deaths of a number of babies at the hospital in May 2017. The prosecution has told the court Letby poisoned babies with insulin and injected air and fluid into their bodies. In reply, Ben Myers KC, representing Letby, said “anyone with an ounce of human understanding” would recognise “the anguished outpouring of a young woman in fear and despair when she realises the enormity of what is being said about her”.
Whether or not she did these dreadful things is the decision you will have to make when you have heard all the evidence.” A court sketch shows shows Lucy Letby appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court. Johnson told the jury: “Well, ladies and gentlemen, that in a nutshell is your task in this case. Some passages said “I am an awful person”, “I feel very alone + scared”, and “I haven’t done anything wrong and they have no evidence so why have I had to hide away?” Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC told the jury the notes also had declarations of innocence. Parents of the babies were in court for the prosecution speech as the notes were shown on large screens. The court heard Letby wrote on one note, in capital letters, “I AM EVIL I DID THIS” and “HATE” inside a dark circle. The nurse has been charged with the murders of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 20.
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