Nurse accused of murdering seven babies, Lucy Letby, tells court death of a baby boy was 'unexpected shock'
Lucy Letby has denied murdering and attempting to murder babies at the Countess of Chester HospitalNurse Lucy Letby said it was a "huge unexpected shock" when a baby boy died shortly after she started her shift on a neonatal unit.
Giving evidence for the second day, Ms Letby, 33, said she felt like she had "walked through the door into this awful situation" on 8 June 2015.The prosecution allege the nurse, originally of Hereford, was a "constant malevolent presence" at the hospital, killing five boys and two girls, and attempting to murder another five boys and five girls.
Under questioning from her defence lawyer Ben Myers KC, Ms Letby said she had received a text message in the morning asking if she could work. She told the jury shortly after his alarm monitor had sounded and he had changed colour and was apnoeic.
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