Private notes and emails reveal inside story of hospital struggle to stop Lucy Letby

Could killer nurse Lucy Letby have been stopped sooner?

She was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. Now a public inquiry is examining whether bosses at the Countess of Chester Hospital failed to act fast enough when suspicions were raised.

The inquiry is not examining the question of Letby’s guilt. Instead, it is exploring how she was able to kill repeatedly, hearing more than 60 days of witness evidence and reviewing thousands of emails, text messages and handwritten notes.

The hurried memos from doctors about babies collapsing in Letby’s presence and curt replies from hospital execs reveal, in vivid detail, the chaos behind the scenes.

Judith Moritz, who has covered the Letby case from the start, looks at the evidence to piece together how events unfolded - and why it took more than a year to stop a killer.

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Source: BBC News, 19 March 2025