Lucy Letby questioned over more baby deaths

Killer caregiver Lucy Letby has been interviewed by detectives successful situation implicit the suspicious deaths of much infants.

The 34-year-old was questioned nether caution implicit unexpected deaths and collapses of babies astatine her erstwhile spot of work, the Countess of Chester Hospital and, for the archetypal time, astatine Liverpool Women’s Hospital, wherever she trained arsenic a student.

She is already serving a uncommon whole-life condemnation for murdering 7 babies and trying to termination 7 others portion moving arsenic a neo-natal caregiver astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital.

We tin corroborate that, pursuing agreement, Lucy Letby has precocious been interviewed successful situation nether caution successful narration to the ongoing probe into babe deaths and non-fatal collapses astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women's Hospital

Cheshire Police

Cheshire Police said successful a statement: “We tin corroborate that, pursuing agreement, Lucy Letby has precocious been interviewed successful situation nether caution successful narration to the ongoing probe into babe deaths and non-fatal collapses astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Further updates volition follow.”

Detectives are reviewing the attraction of immoderate 4,000 babies admitted to infirmary portion Letby was moving arsenic a neonatal nurse.

The play covers her spell astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital from January 2012 to the extremity of June 2016, and includes 2 enactment placements astatine Liverpool Women’s Hospital successful 2012 and 2015.

Cheshire Police antecedently emphasised that lone those cases highlighted arsenic medically concerning would beryllium investigated further.

Letby, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders aft she was convicted astatine Manchester Crown Court of murdering 7 infants and attempting to execution 7 others, with 2 attempts connected 1 of her victims, betwixt June 2015 and June 2016.

She is presently successful HMP Bronzefield successful Ashford, Surrey, which caters for class A women prisoners.

The Thirlwall Inquiry, looking into the Letby case, is presently continuing successful Liverpool.

Dr Stephen Brearey, the elder paediatrician connected the neo-natal portion astatine the Countess of Chester, told the nationalist enquiry past period that helium believes she is “likely” to person murdered oregon attacked much babies earlier she killed her archetypal victim, a premature duplicate lad known arsenic Baby A, successful June 2015.

Dr Brearey told the hearing: “On reflection I deliberation it’s apt that Letby didn’t commencement becoming a slayer successful June 2015, oregon didn’t commencement harming babies successful June 2015.

“I deliberation it’s apt that her actions anterior to past implicit a play of clip changed what we perceived to beryllium abnormal.”

Dr Brearey said the reporting civilization connected the portion was bully and unit were precise alert to study things they thought had gone wrong, but “in retrospect” helium believed immoderate of the incidents betwixt June 2015 and June 2016, and “probably before”, were deteriorations of babies that could person triggered further investigation.

Peter Skelton KC, representing families of Letby’s victims, said: “Child A was murdered connected June 8 2015. Is it your presumption that she (Letby) had murdered oregon assaulted children successful your infirmary anterior to that date?

Dr Brearey said: “I deliberation that’s likely, yes.”

The enquiry has heard that babies’ breathing tubes became dislodged connected 40% of shifts Letby worked astatine Liverpool Women’s Hospital betwixt October and December 2012 and January and February 2015.