Serial baby killer Lucy Letby
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six. She deliberately injected babies in her care with air, force fed others milk and poisoned two with insulin. Her crimes make her the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.
We hear from two journalists covering the case and the ten month long trial, the BBC’s Judith Mortiz and Caroline Cheetham, host of The Trial of Lucy Letby podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, we're going to focus on one big story today, |
| 0:08.4 | and it is that Lucy Letby, a nurse who worked in the neonatal unit |
| 0:12.3 | at the Countess of Chester Hospital in the northwest of England, |
| 0:15.6 | has been found guilty of murdering seven babies. |
| 0:19.0 | She was also found guilty of the attempted murder |
| 0:21.6 | of a further six babies. |
| 0:23.9 | She was found not guilty on two counts of attempted murder |
| 0:28.1 | and the jury at Manchester Crown Court were undecided |
| 0:31.7 | on a further six counts of attempted murder. |
| 0:35.5 | Now, this trial started at Manchester Crown Court in October 2022. |
| 0:40.7 | It refers to a period when crimes were being committed |
| 0:43.7 | between June 2015 and June 2016, |
| 0:48.3 | and Lucy Letby was first arrested on suspicion |
| 0:51.1 | of committing these crimes on the 3rd of July 2018. |
| 0:56.6 | So that's the timeline. |
| 0:58.3 | And on this episode, we're going to be talking to my colleague Judith Moritz, |
| 1:01.9 | who has covered the story from the beginning for the BBC, |
| 1:06.3 | and we'll also be speaking to Caroline Cheatham, |
| 1:08.4 | the host of the trial of Lucy Letby podcast, |
| 1:11.2 | which has been made by the Daily Mail. |
| 1:13.7 | Now, you can probably work this out for yourself, |
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