The 'terrible' list of Lucy Letby's convictions as a serial baby killer was read out loud in a courtroom today, as her re-trial on a charge of attempted murder entered its final phase.
The 'terrible' list of Lucy Letby 's convictions as a serial baby killer was read out loud in a courtroom today, as her re-trial on a charge of attempted murder entered its final phase.
In his closing speech at Manchester Crown Court, Mr Johnson told the jury they now had to decide whether Letby, 34, had also tried to murder Baby K. Jurors in the nurse's previous trial failed to reach a verdict on the infant's death. He added: 'Even in that dreadful context, K was the epitome of fragility, a tiny, tiny girl born at 25 weeks weighing 629 grammes – seven tenths of a bag of sugar'.
'There was nothing 'best' or 'normal' about Lucy Letby's practice,' said the barrister. 'But it was common practice for her to sabotage infants entrusted to her care'. One doctor on the neonatal unit had helped give Baby K 'her first breath of life', while staff at Arrowe Park left her parents with her as she breathed 'her final breaths cradled in the arms of her father'.
He highlighted the fact that in agreed evidence a nursing expert had made it clear that it would not be good practice to wait. Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify 'That's her opinion?' asked Mr Johnson. 'That's not an answer. That IS what should have happened. It's agreed evidence'.
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