A court in Britain has sentenced nurse Lucy Letby to life in prison for the murder of 7 minor children and her attempted murder of 6 others while working at a maternity hospital in the north of England. The judge in the case thus handed down the most severe sentence under British law.
"Throughout the process, you cold-bloodedly denied any responsibility for your crimes and tried to shift the blame to others. You show no signs of remorse and there can be no mitigating factors. Taken as a whole, the charges of murder and attempted murder are exceedingly serious, and punishment, under the law, requires the maximum sentence," said Judge James Goss.
The children, including three triplet boys, were killed at the 'Countess of Chester Hospital' maternity hospital in north-west England between June 2015 and June 2016.
Nurse Letby herself did not attend the trial to hear the anger and anguish of the parents of the children whose lives she took.
The prosecution said that Letby had "calculated" everything and had used killing methods "that did not leave many traces behind".
Letby has repeatedly denied harming babies. During the trial, the testimonies of the nurse's colleagues were also heard, who said that they had noticed that Letby had been at work in every case when the newborn babies had died.
Letby was arrested and released twice. She was arrested for the third time in 2020 and has been in prison ever since.
During searches of her home, police found hospital documents and notes written by Letby herself. In one of the writings it was said: " I am evil, I have done this ".
Letby later claimed that this note was made after he was transferred to do administrative work after the deaths of the two triplets.
The nurse denied the allegations and suggested that a "gang" of four doctors were trying to blame her for the hospital's failings in the care of the babies.