The verdict, following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court, makes Lucy Letby one of Britain's most prolific serial child killers.

KEY POINTS

  • 33-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of killing seven babies in the neonatal unit of a hospital in England.

  • A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read “I killed them on purpose”.

  • Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.

  • Smurfpiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Missing the most fucked up part. She was having an affair with the doctor who would be called in during such events. She was obsessed with him and this was how she was ensuring he’d come to the rescue.

    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Also missed that she was reported repeatedly by consultants who were essentially given a gag order by their bosses under the banner of “bullying” behaviour.