Lucy Letby Sentenced to Additional Whole-Life Order for Attempted Murder
The nurse was convicted of attempting to kill a premature baby girl in 2016, adding to her existing life sentences for multiple murders and attempted murders.
- Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole-life order for attempting to murder a premature baby in 2016.
- She is already serving 14 whole-life orders for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others.
- The latest conviction follows a retrial after a previous jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge.
- Letby was caught tampering with the baby's breathing tube by a consultant paediatrician.
- A public inquiry into the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit is set to begin in September.
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