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Lucy Letby refused to face her victims' families as she was given a whole-life order

Marie Claire

The cowardly killers who refused to face their victims’ families in court

Lucy Letby was branded a coward for refusing to appear for her sentencing

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby victim was buried in woollen gown chosen as gift by killer nurse, court told

Mother of victim said she felt ‘sickened’ by the decision

Evening Standard

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Killer nurse Letby has destroyed our lives, say parents of murdered triplets

The deaths in June 2016 were the ‘tipping point’ for consultants who suspected Letby was to blame.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby victims’ families may receive less than £13,000 in NHS compensation

Compensation for families affected by NHS negligence is capped in law

The Independent UK

Where will Lucy Letby go to prison? Inside jail where killer nurse expected to spend rest of her days

Killer nurse will likely be incarcerated at HMP Low Newton, which previously housed murderer Rosemary West

The Independent UK

NHS’s culture of denial allowed Lucy Letby to keep killing babies

Letters: Dr Maybelle Wallis says the health service’s authoritarian management culture has to change. Plus letters from Sharon Grant, Eddie Dougall and a nurse who tried to raise a complaint

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Murderers like Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman may be attracted by caring roles

Letters: Dr Chris Clough and David Canter on people with psychopathic traits

The Guardian - UK

Mother of shooting victim Olivia says heart goes out to Letby victims’ families

Cheryl Korbel, the mother of schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel, has been campaigning for a change in the law to force criminals to appear in court.

The Independent UK

‘The misplaced loyalty of Lucy Letby’s friends exposes one of the biggest myths of female friendship’

The blinkered thinking of the serial killer’s childhood friends says a lot about the sometimes dark side of female friendships, writes Claire Cohen

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby victim was buried in woollen gown chosen by killer nurse, court told

The mother of Child E told Manchester Crown Court she felt ‘sickened’ by that decision.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby to be sent victim impact statements after refusing to appear in court - OLD

The judge ordered the 33-year-old be sent a transcript of his sentencing remarks and copies of the statements read out by the families of her victims.

The Independent UK

Premature baby attacked by Letby was found by ‘the Devil’, father tells court

Letby was found guilty of the attempted murder of Child G who was in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit after being born prematurely.

The Independent UK

I will not allow evil to taint the love for my son – victim’s mother

Child C’s mother told Manchester Crown Court how she had stopped wearing her son’s hand and footprint round her neck as Lucy Letby had ‘tainted’ them.

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The Independent UK

Parents of Letby’s victims suspected deliberate harm before police investigation

Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill six others while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby victims’ parents tell killer nurse she is ‘nothing’

‘My family will never think of you again from this day,’ the 33-year-old murderer was told.

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby sentencing: Court hears harrowing statements from families of killer nurse’s victims

Parents of babies who nurse murdered or attempted to kill spoke of their grief in emotional victim impact statements at the child killer’s sentencing hearing

France 24

British nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison over killing of seven newborns

A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation" of her actions.

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: How the ‘average nurse’ turned into one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

Letby, who has been found guilty of murdering seven babies, took advantage of her position to kill in plain sight. But despite a 10-month trial, we’re no closer to understanding the motive behind her horrifying crimes

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies

Former nurse will never be released from prison as judge describes ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’

The Independent UK

Nursing boss suspended following Letby trial - OLD

Alison Kelly is nursing director at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford.

The Week

Lucy Letby: why wasn’t nurse caught sooner?

Lucy Letby has been jailed for life today, with no chance of parole, for the murder of seven newborns and attempting to kill another six, making her the most prolific baby killer in modern British history.

The Independent UK

Court hears harrowing statements from families of Lucy Letby’s victims - old

Parents of babies whom Lucy Letby murdered or attempted to kill spoke of their grief in emotional victim impact statements at her sentencing hearing.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby jailed for life: Nurse refuses to face court in ‘final act of wickedness’

Anguish and fury of murdered babies’ families as ‘devil’ nurse refuses to face them in court – and judge gives her full-life term citing her ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’

The National (Scotland)

Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for murder of seven babies

Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, will spend the rest of her life in prison after being given a whole-life order at Manchester Crown Court for the murders of…

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