Letby parents blast Netflix over ‘invasive’ documentary

Lucy Letby's parents have hit out at a new documentary as a “complete invasion of privacy” for using footage of the former nurse being arrested in her pyjamas at their home.

- AMY-CLARE MARTIN CRIME CORRESPONDENT

In their first public statement, Susan and John Letby also claimed the senior investigating officer in the case against their daughter “seemed to have a deep hatred” of them.

The ex-neonatal nurse is the most prolific child serial killer in Britain, having been convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.

However, there have been mounting calls for a retrial as the 36-year-old’s legal team has raised major questions about the safety of her convictions.

A trailer for The Investigation of Lucy Letby, due to be aired on Netflix on Wednesday, shows previously unreleased footage of officers arriving at Letby’s family home to arrest her.

Letby was arrested three times. On the first occasion, in July 2018, she was led out of her home wearing a blue tracksuit.

However, on this occasion, in 2019, they are seen entering her bedroom, where Letby sits up in bed looking confused, before officers tell her she is being arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

She is heard sounding emotional and telling others “don’t look, just go in” as she is led outside by officers in her dressing gown.