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Parents of babies attacked by Letby 'kept in the dark' about collapses in health
The Guardian
|September 25, 2024
Parents of babies attacked by Lucy Letby were not told the children suffered life-threatening collapses until they were contacted by police years later, an inquiry heard yesterday.
The parents of one newborn boy said it was "disgusting" they were "kept in the dark" by staff at the Countess of Chester hospital after he suffered a serious deterioration in June 2016. The boy's mother said they only learned about this six years later - in late 2022 - when police told the parents that Letby had attempted to kill the infant on the night shift.
Letby, 34, was found guilty of attempting to murder the boy, who can only be named as Child N, in the early hours of 3 June 2016, but a jury was unable to reach verdicts on two further counts of attempted murder.
The former neonatal nurse is serving a whole-life prison term after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another seven. She maintains her innocence.
This story is from the September 25, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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