Lucy Letby

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Lucy Letby
Letby following her arrest in 2020
Born	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34) Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Occupation	Registered Nurse (struck off)
Conviction(s)	Murder (7 counts), attempted murder (8 counts)
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment (whole life order)
Details
Span of crimes	2015–2016
Country	United Kingdom
Killed	7
Injured	7
Date apprehended	3 July 2018
Imprisoned at	HM Prison Bronzefield as of January 2024[update]

Lucy Letby (born 4 January 1990) is a British former neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted the murder of seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.^[1] Letby came under suspicion following a high number of infant deaths which occurred at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital shortly after she began working with children in the hospital's intensive care unit.

Letby was charged in November 2020 with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder, and pleaded not guilty. Prosecution evidence included test results showing some victims had been injected with insulin, Letby's falsification of patient records, her removals of sensitive nursing handover sheets from her workplace, and her behaviour and communications. In August 2023, Letby was found guilty on seven counts each of murder and attempted murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order. An application to appeal her conviction was refused by the Court of Appeal in May 2024 and in July 2024 she was further convicted of attempting to murder another child at the hospital, on which the jury at her original trial had failed to reach a verdict. Doubts about her convictions were published in the US and, after reporting restrictions were lifted at the end of the retrial, in the UK

Letby is the most prolific serial child killer in modern British history; the Cheshire Constabulary now suspects that she may have claimed more victims, including at Liverpool Women's Hospital, where two infants died during her training. Management at the Countess of Chester Hospital were criticised for ignoring warnings about Letby that could have prevented some of the killings. The British government has commissioned an independent statutory inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the murders.