Letby, 34, is accused of attempting to murder the infant by displacing her breathing tube when she was being treated at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neo-natal unit
The mother of a newborn girl allegedly attacked by killer nurse Lucy Letby said it was the "hardest decision of my life" to switch off her daughter's life support, a court has heard.
READ MORE: Lucy Letby retrial day four updates as former nurse accused of attempted murder of baby girl The prosecution says Letby went on to interfere with Child K's breathing tube twice more on the same night shift in an bid to create the impression with her colleagues that the infant was habitually dislodging her own tube.She died there three days later although the prosecution does not allege Letby caused her death.
"I remember saying to the doctor that she had been poked and prodded from the moment she was born. Her tiny little delicate body had swollen up so much we didn't want her to be suffering any more. "One of the staff showed us to a family room where it was peaceful and quiet. Our daughter was wrapped in a blanket and was wearing a little hat. Our daughter was in my husband's arms when she took her last breath and silently passed away."
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