An assessor says she overheard an 'inappropriate' comment from Letby following the deaths of two triplet boys, who the nurse was later convicted of murdering.
Lucy Letby initially failed her final year placement as a student nurse after she was assessed to be 'cold' and lacking empathy, a public inquiry has heard. Her assessor Nicola Lightfoot, deputy ward manager on the children's unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, said it was apparent to her that Letby did not have the 'overall characteristics' to become a successful registered nurse. She told the inquiry: 'I found Lucy to be quite cold.
Ms Lightfoot told the hearing she overheard an 'inappropriate' comment from Letby following the deaths of two triplet boys in June 2016. Letby, 34, from Hereford, was later convicted of murdering the two babies. Ms Lightfoot said she heard Letby say 'something along the lines of: 'You'll never guess what's happened''. 'The way she said it seemed like she was talking about some sort of exciting event she had witnessed,' Ms Lightfoot told the inquiry.
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