ben myers began by asking the question at the heart of the entire case.aby?", he asked. "no," said lucy letby, "that's completely against what being a nurse is. i only wanted to help and to care for them". there was complete silence in court as lucy letby spoke clearly, looking directly at the jury, and sitting just yards away from the parents of some of the babies she's accused of attacking, or murdering. the nurse is accused of killing seven babies at the countess of chester neonatal unit between june 2015 and june 2016, and of attempting to murder a further ten. she denies all the charges. she was taken off duty after doctors at the hospital raised their suspicions, but it was another two years before she was arrested and her house was searched. ben myers kc asked the nurse how she felt when she realised what she was being accused of. she started to cry in the witness box and said, "there were times when i didn't want to live. myjob was my life, my whole world stopped." ben myers asked, "how hard is it to cope with what you're being accused of?" lucy l

ben myers said... lucy letby replied...t's it from me and the team, here's the weather. hello, lots of interest in the weather forecast over the next few days, a big weekend coming up. in the short term, the belt there is relatively quiet, try for us and a bright day to come for many parts of the uk but not everywhere. at the moment an area of high pressure over us, but it has been quite a cloudy high, look at the extent of the cloud, you can see the brighter cloud, you can see the brighter cloud there, across more northern and central areas, round coastal areas particularly in the southwest, it hasn't been too bad at all, some prolonged spells of sunshine. through this evening and overnight, it's more southern and central parts of the uk that get the clear spells, could also turn chilli in some areas. no rich at two celsius, but out towards the west a little milder dust norwich. first thing on wednesday. on wednesday, broadly speaking it's the northern half of the uk that will be cloudy most of the uk that will be cloudy m

fighting back tears, she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have her job as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why. letby replied, because of what was being inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 tojune 2016 she murdered seven babies and attacked ten others at the countess of chester hospital. she is accused of targeting the infants in subtle ways, including using injections of air and insulin poisoning. the 33—year—old has denied all the charges since she was first arrested in july 2018. this morning, letby was asked about notes she scribbled and why she had written not good enough. she said, i felt at the time that i had done something wrong, i must be such an evil, awful person. i had somehow been incompetent and done something wrong which had affected those babies. she was asked why she wrote, i did this. she said, i felt i must be res

fighting back tears she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killingies and to have herjob as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why. letby replied, because of what was being inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 to june 2016 inferred. prosecutors allege that from june 2015 tojune 2016 she murdered seven babies and attacked ten others at the countess of chester hospital. she is accused of targeting the infants in subtle ways, including using injections of air and ways, including using injections of airand insulin ways, including using injections of air and insulin poisoning. the 33—year—old has denied all the charges since she was first arrested in july 2018. this charges since she was first arrested injuly 2018. this morning letby was asked about notes she is crippled and why she had written not good enough. she said, ifelt at and why she had written not good

has given evidence that she appeared wearing a long black dress and was questioned by her casey, ben myersr upbringing, training to be a nurse and then moved to the period between 2015 and 2016 which is the period she was accused of attacking the children and she was asked how many children and she was asked how many children she cared for in that period and lucy let the right —— reply probably hundreds and then was askedif reply probably hundreds and then was asked if she would ever want to hurt asked if she would ever want to hurt a child and said that is completely against what being a nurse is and i only ever wanted to help and care for them. she then talked about how she was removed from clinical duties at the countess of chester hospitals are the effect that had on her and she said it had a devastating impact and she ended up on antidepressants and she ended up on antidepressants and was unable to sleep without taking medication and said there were times she did not want to live any more and talked about two of the arrests as she was arrested three times over the allegations and the