Prosecutors allege Letby, 34, attempted to murder Baby K just hours after she was born at just 25 weeks gestation
Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, was found guilty of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital The mother of a premature baby whose breathing tube was allegedly removed by child serial killer Lucy Letby told a jury how she later died in her father’s arms.A jury at Manchester Crown Court have been told Letby was previously convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six following a trial which ended last year.
At the 12-week scan, medics identified some fluid behind Baby K’s neck but by 20 weeks this had reduced, the court heard.However, the day before she was due to reach the 25-week stage of her pregnancy, the mother woke feeling “what I can only describe as aches and pains.” Due to her extreme prematurity, doctors planned for her to be moved to Arrowe Park hospital in the Wirral, a tertiary centre which had more specialist facilities.
She recalled waking at around 4am on 20 February with “the strangest feeling which I can’t begin to describe.”
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