Prosecutors said Letby was a ‘calculated opportunist’ who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick infants to camouflage her acts.
Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital neonatal unit.
Lucy Letby, 33, has been found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others Concerns among some consultants about the defendant increased and were voiced to hospital bosses when more unexplained and unusual collapses followed, the court heard.
Also found during searches, the court heard, were more than 250 shift handover sheets containing names of some of the children on the trial indictment. On August 8 the jury – on its 15th day of deliberations – unanimously found her guilty of attempting to murder two infants by poisoning them with insulin.
At the start of deliberations on the afternoon of August 11 the jury delivered verdicts on a further six counts.She stared at the floor as the verdicts were returned but was tearful as she left the dock.John and Susan Letby, the parents of nurse Lucy Letby, arriving at Manchester Crown Court ahead of the verdict
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