The verdict, following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court, makes Lucy Letby one of Britain's most prolific serial child killers.

KEY POINTS

  • 33-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of killing seven babies in the neonatal unit of a hospital in England.

  • A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read “I killed them on purpose”.

  • Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.

  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Also missed that she was reported repeatedly by consultants who were essentially given a gag order by their bosses under the banner of “bullying” behaviour.