The prosecution at Lucy Letby’s trial said the death of Child I was an ‘extreme example even by the standards of this overall case’.
A hospital nurse sent a sympathy card to the grieving parents of a baby girl she murdered on her fourth attempt, a court has heard.
Continuing his opening of the Crown’s case on Wednesday, prosecutor Nick Johnson KC told jurors at Manchester Crown Court that the death of Child I – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – was an “extreme example even by the standards of this overall case”. The first incident on September 30 2015 was said to have taken place – days after she attempted to murder another baby – when Child I struggled to breathe just 30 minutes after Letby was said to have fed her.
Less than a hour later the infant’s monitor alarm sounded and a colleague rushed to help and found Letby standing beside the incubator. Mr Johnson said an expert paediatrician who reviewed Child I’s case had concluded that the baby’s deteriorations were consistent with the deliberate administration of a large amount of air into her stomach via a nasogastric tube.
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