Legally Brunette: The Neonatal Nightmare - Lucy Letby
Legally Brunette
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Lucy Letby is a former British neonatal nurse who is now known as one of the most prolific baby serial killers in history. But, is she guilty of these unimaginable crimes?
Lucy worked every shift that a baby mysteriously passed, she was harboring confidential patient forms and she wrote a “confession” on a post-it note.. So, how is there any doubt surrounding her guilt?!
Emily and Shane are breaking down all of the facts so you can decide if Lucy Letby is a monster or if she’s being used as a scapegoat.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, guys. Welcome to an all new episode of Legally Brunette. I will be your host today, Emily Simpson, with |
| 0:07.2 | Shane. With Shane. A lot of you reached out to me and you said, have you seen the new documentary on |
| 0:13.8 | Netflix? It's about Lucy Lettby. She's a nurse. And I had seen it pop up. And so after several of you were DMing and asking about it, |
| 0:24.0 | I decided to watch it and kind of take a deep dive into it. I will tell you, I still don't know |
| 0:29.3 | what I think about Lucy Leppie, whether I think that she's guilty or not, but we're going to get |
| 0:34.8 | into it and we're going to discuss it. So Lucy Leppie was a neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital. I also, can I just comment on how |
| 0:42.2 | much I love the names of English hospitals? It sounds so proper. Yeah. Like here, the hospital is called |
| 0:48.4 | Hogue, right? But this is called the Countess of Chester Hospital. And isn't there courts the crown? |
| 0:56.9 | Yes, it's all very dignified. It's very, very polished and dignified and proper. |
| 1:02.2 | She was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to kill six others between the years 2015 and 2016. |
| 1:16.7 | Prosecutors argued that a sharp rise in unexplained baby deaths and medical collapses in the unit occurred while she was on duty, alleging that she deliberately harmed infants. |
| 1:22.8 | After a lengthy trial that began in 2022, I believe her trial was six months maybe. Maybe it was nine. |
| 1:30.3 | It was long. She was a jury. Yes. She was found guilty in 2023 and sentenced to a whole life order. |
| 1:38.6 | See, that's another way that they say it. They say whole life order. Basically like your whole life. |
| 1:47.2 | I'm glad. I'm glad this sits well with you i like it i like the language a whole life order which is the most severe punishment under british law with no |
| 1:53.8 | possibility of parole the case has drawn significant public and media attention and has remained the subject |
| 2:00.6 | of appeals and ongoing |
| 2:02.7 | inquiries. I do know that she currently is in prison. We do know that. She was convicted. |
| 2:10.3 | In 2023, her defense has now working towards getting her another appeal. I think she's exhausted |
| 2:16.7 | a couple of appeals with the |
| 2:17.9 | court of appeals, but then there's a different route that you can take where you can submit before. |
| 2:23.6 | Which seems like a tough call because there's seven, well, there's 13 convictions. |
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