British nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies
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Letby is expected to become just the third female in British history to be sentenced to spend the rest of their life in prison.
The other two are Rose West, who along with her husband Fred West, murdered nine females between 1973 and 1987, and Joanna Dennehy, who murdered three men in 2013. Both are still in prison.
The other two are Rose West, who along with her husband Fred West, murdered nine females between 1973 and 1987, and Joanna Dennehy, who murdered three men in 2013. Both are still in prison.
Just hearing some disturbing aspects of this case on Sky News:
When one of her victims was vomiting up a quarter of his or her weight in blood, with doctors desperately trying to save the child's life and the child's parents waiting outside the room, Letby tried to make herself look busy in the room to try and draw attention away from herself;
Letby sent a lock of hair of one of the victims to the child's parents;
She wrote a letter of condolence to the parents of one of her victims.
When one of her victims was vomiting up a quarter of his or her weight in blood, with doctors desperately trying to save the child's life and the child's parents waiting outside the room, Letby tried to make herself look busy in the room to try and draw attention away from herself;
Letby sent a lock of hair of one of the victims to the child's parents;
She wrote a letter of condolence to the parents of one of her victims.
Letby receives whole life sentence - meaning she will never be released
Justice Goss has just given Lucy Letby a whole life sentence for the murder of seven babies, and the attempted murder of six more.
This means she will never be released from prison.
There's silence in court. Some parents are crying.
- Lucy Letby has been given a whole life term, with no chance of parole, for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more
- The judge said her "cruelty and calculation" was "truly horrific"
- Letby was not present for the sentencing and PM Rishi Sunak said the government is planning to change the law to compel convicts to attend sentencing
- Earlier families gave statements to the court describing the impact of Letby's crimes
- One bereaved mother said she hated the fact that Lucy Letby was the last person to hold her baby son
- Another said: "I don't think we will ever get over the fact that our daughter was tortured till she had no fight left in her"
- A mother of a baby girl who was left severely disabled after Letby tried to kill her said her daughter "will never have a sleepover, go to high school, have a boyfriend, get married"
Letby becomes fourth woman in UK to ever get whole life order
As a reminder, a whole life order means someone's crime "was so serious that they will never be released from prison".Just three other women have been given such sentences in the UK - Myra Hindley (who died in 2002), Rosemary West, and Joanna Dennehy.
To her it is. She probably PTSDed out from a miscarriage or had a late abortion.