Who is Lucy Letby? Did the Alleged killer nurse injected baby with air? Explained

Lucy Letby a Neonatal nurse who killed five-day-old baby by injecting air into his stomach. Lets see who is Lucy Letby and why she killed the babies in detail

Who is Lucy Letby?

A hospital nurse accused of the murder of seven babies – and attempted murder of 10 more – was a “poisoner at work”, a jury has heard. Lucy Letby, 32, fatally injected newborns with insulin, air or milk during night shifts when she knew their parents would not be present, a jury was told.

One of the infants allegedly received an air injection from Letby just 90 minutes after she started her shift, killing him. He had only been alive for 24 hours.

The following day, it is said that the nurse attempted to kill his twin sister. Most of the 17 babies were premature and receiving treatment on the intensive care unit or high-dependency unit when they were attacked by Letby, Manchester crown court was told. Some babies catastrophically collapsed and did not respond to resuscitation.

Motive behind the case and the investigation

The mother of one of the suspected killer nurse’s victims visited her newborn boy in the neonatal ward and interrupted the alleged killer nurse, according to testimony given in court.

At the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016, Lucy Letby is suspected of murdering five baby boys, two baby girls, and ten additional infants while also attempting to kill ten more.

The nurse told child E’s mother that the blood coming from his lips was from a tube, but Manchester Crown Court heard that she was unaware that he was being attacked.

Ms. Letby, 32, rejects 22 charges. The Hereford nurse is charged with killing infant E and trying to kill his twin the next day, kid F.

The twin boys’ early birth was described in court, and Ms. Letby was named as their primary caregiver.

Their mother, a patient in the postnatal ward, chose to pay a visit to her twin sons who were in the newborn section one evening.

According to testimony given to the jury, the mother intervened with Ms. Letby as she was about to assault child E but was unaware of what she was doing. The mother of Child E discovered her severely distraught and mouth-bleeding son.

The nurse stated to the mother, “Trust me, I’m a nurse,” in an attempt to reassure her that the blood was caused by the tube irritating his throat.

What did prosecutor Nick Johnson confess?

Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC stated, “We suggest she was fobbed off by Lucy Letby.”

The mother of child E was advised by the nurse to return to the postnatal ward, which she did, but she was so worried that she called her husband.

When the mother of the twins saw her sons, Ms. Letby later inserted a false entry about it in the nursing notes.

According to Mr. Johnson, Lucy Letby’s nursing records are fake, deceptive, and intended to hide her tracks.

They omit the fact that child E started bleeding around 21:00 BST and refer to a meeting between his mother and a doctor that none of them can recall.

According to testimony given in court, child E was bleeding so severely that one of the doctors testified that he had never seen such a big hemorrhage in a young baby. The coroner’s office and the doctor on duty both agreed that a post-mortem examination was not necessary following child E’s death, according to testimony given to the jury.

That was a major error, as further reviews have shown, according to Mr. Johnson.

It’s not a coincidence

Additionally, the prosecution informed the jury that Ms. Letby administered insulin to child F’s feed.

When Ms. Letby was present, this started kid F’s blood sugar falling dangerously, and it kept falling after she left.

Johnson stated: “He was poisoned by someone. On the neonatal unit, no other infant was receiving insulin. Therefore, neglect was not an option.”

It could not have been an accident, the prosecution told the jury.

Mr. Johnson continued, “You know who was in the room, and you know from the records who hung the [feed] bag.”

The court was told that although kid F’s nutrition bag was replaced and he lived, the medical staff on the ward was worried and had checks made.

Additionally, it was asserted that Ms. Letby had a “quite unusual interest” in the twins’ parents by conducting frequent Facebook searches for them, including on Christmas Day in 2015.

The nurse allegedly made three murder attempts on a baby who was born at 23 weeks, according to testimony in court.

Child G was taken to the Chester hospital after being born at a different facility and weighing 1lb 2oz (510g).

The jury heard that she had been there for three weeks and was first “absolutely fine,” but that she later violently puked and showed signs of illness.

After being moved back to the hospital where she was born from the Countess of Chester Hospital, she made a “remarkable recovery.” she returned to the birthplace hospital and made an “amazing recovery.”

Kid G was reportedly moved back to Chester once she had recovered when Ms. Letby allegedly gave her milk through a tube. In less than an hour, the child allegedly projectile vomited twice and was unresponsive.

Until Lucy Letby got involved, there had been “no substantial concerns” with child G, the court heard. “Simply put, there was milk in her puke and it wasn’t a coincidence. That does not occur by chance, “explained Mr. Johnson.

Between incidents one and two, an MRI exam was performed that revealed neurological alterations. A further MRI in August 2016 confirmed that child G had suffered irreparable brain damage.

The suspected murders of children C and D were also discussed in court. The tiny, preterm boy C’s breathing and heart stopped after Ms. Letby allegedly used a nasal tube to transfer air into his stomach.

Ms. Letby testified in court that she acknowledged being the only person in the room when kid C passed out even though she was meant to be caring for another, the sicker infant in a different room.

Causes of death

Mr Johnson said sometimes babies were injected with air and on other occasions they were fed with insulin or too much milk.

He told the court: “So varying means by which these babies were attacked but the constant presence when they were fatally attacked or collapsed catastrophically was Lucy Letby.”

Mr Johnson said in the case of the two babies injected with insulin, identified only as Child F and Child L, their blood sugar levels dropped to dangerous.

A child was pronounced dead at 8.58pm, within 90 minutes of Letby coming on duty.

In the wake of kid D’s passing and the earlier fatalities and collapses, Ms. Letby sent “several texts” to friends suggesting they could all be plainly explained as the result of natural causes.

After kid D’s death, the defendant later informed authorities that she was unable to explain why she had looked for her parents on Facebook.

The trial might run up to six months, the jury has been informed.

The prosecution opening will continue on Tuesday.

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