A decision over whether serial killer nurse Lucy Letby should face a retrial on several outstanding murder allegations is due today
, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after jurors convicted her of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. But the jury was unable to reach verdicts last in Manchester Crown Court last month on six counts of attempted murder in relation to five children.
Today the Crown Prosecution Service will outline its intentions at a hearing taking place this morning. The 33-year-old, from Hereford, has denied all of the offences and formally lodged an appeal against her conviction at the Court of Appeal earlier this month.The jury of seven women and four men in her trial could not reach verdicts on allegations that she attempted to murder three baby girls, known in court documents as Child H, Child J and Child K.
Letby was cleared of two other counts of attempted murder. The jury could also not reach verdicts over two counts of attempted murder against Child N, a baby boy, and an allegation that she tried to murder another male infant, known as Child Q. The killer nurse was found guilty of one count of attempted murder against Child N. The trial began on October 4 2022 with the jury reaching its final deliberations on August 18 this year. Letby was sentenced on August 21.
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