lucy letby, this nurse who is 33, originally from hereford, she is 33, originally from hereford, shethe neonatal unit at the hospital. this is, i refer to the period betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. this unit, the neonatal unit, this is where babies would be taken if they were unwell or premature, so take in there shortly after their birth. there are 22 counts. the reason why there are more counts than babies, there are 17 babies at the heart of this case, is because it is the prosecution's case that she attempted to murder some of these babies are more than one occasion. the prosecution claim that she did this in a variety of ways, through using insulin, or injecting them with air, or by trying to tamper with their feeding tubes, oralso, in some trying to tamper with their feeding tubes, or also, in some cases, implementing physical trauma. tubes, or also, in some cases, implementing physicaltrauma. lucy implementing physical trauma. lucy letby implementing physicaltrauma. lucy letby denies all of the charges against her. she gave evidence here for 1h days at the crown court. she tal

hereford is definitely very much home for her.amily here. did lucy always know she wanted to do nursing? yeah. it was the only career that i ever remember her saying that she wanted to go and do. she had had a difficult birth herself and she was very grateful for being alive to the nurses that would've helped save her life. um, so i feel like everything that she did was geared towards that ultimate goal of becoming a nurse. outside of our group, she would present as more shy, reserved, serious, you know, level—headed, but inside the safety of our group, she sort of let her hair down a bit more and is goofy and makes us all laugh. very bubbly, loves a cocktail, you know, just the fun of getting dressed up and going out with your friends. after school, lucy letby studied nursing in chester and went on to work in the city. she bought a house, adopted cats, rescue cats, which were her whole world. and went out salsa dancing. she was doing the job that she loved and the job that she's always wanted to do. given that, can you think of t

jurors in the murder trial of hereford nurse lucy letby have retired to considered their verdict.even babies and attempting to kill ten others. you can feel the tension every day here. no one knows if this will be the day when the jury returns its verdict. the trial has been running for ten months. it's five—and—a—half weeks since the jury was sent out. now, they've reached their verdict. she's guilty. the jury has found lucy letby guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another six. they found her not guilty of two attempted murder charges, and couldn't decide on a further six. but they have clearly found that letby is one of britain's most notorious killers. and there's a statement from the hospital: i speak i cannot imagine how the families in this case feel today. ijust open the case of this verdict brings all of them some peace of mind for the future. and that we've answered some of the questions that they were looking for. and there's a statement from the hospital. i speak for the whole trust when i say how appalled we are at lucy letby's crimes. we are ext

hereford is definitely very much home for her. such strong ties to her family here. did lucy always know she wanted to do nursing? yeah. it was the only career that i ever remember her saying that she wanted to go and do. she had had a difficult birth herself and she was very grateful for being alive to the nurses that would've helped save her life. um, so i feel like everything that she did was geared towards that ultimate goal of becoming a nurse. outside of our group, she would present as more shy, reserved, serious, you know, level—headed, but inside the safety of our group, she sort of let her hair down a bit more and is goofy and makes us all laugh. very bubbly, loves a cocktail, you know, just the fun of getting dressed up and going out with your friends. after school, lucy letby studied nursing in chester and went on to work in the city. she bought a house, adopted cats, rescue cats, which were her whole world. and went out salsa dancing. she was doing the job that she loved and the job that she's always wanted to do. give

she grew up nearly 100 miles away in hereford with her mum susan and dad john.chester her home, studying nursing for three years at the city's university she started at the countess of chester hospital full—time in 2012 and later qualified to work with predominantly the sickest babies in intensive care by 2015. by april 2016, she had moved into her house in westbourne road, just over a mile away from the hospital. five months later she received a letter from the royal college of nursing outlining the allegations against her. during the trial, she said she had always wanted to work with children and taking the stand in court six months into her trial, lucy letby started to cry as images of her home are shown to the jury, including her bedroom with cuddly toys on the bed. letby told her defence barrister she had been prescribed antidepressants by her gp after receiving the letter which she says she is still taking. she said she had previously had quite an active social life outside work, regularly attending salsa classes and going on holiday and out with friends.

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lucy letby is 33 and originally from hereford and has denied all the charges against her.been told by the judge they can return a majority verdict. we will bring you any more developments as it comes into us. let's turn to the major political emergency unfolding in west africa — following the military coup in niger. diplomatic efforts to find a resolution have stepped up — with a warning from washington. speaking to the bbc — the us secretary of state — antony blinken — has voiced his concern that niger's military leaders, might turn to the russian mercenary group — wagner — for help. the group is active in neighbouring countries — they're seen here in the central african republic — injuly of this year — and its leader has welcomed the takeover. the coup leaders, are currently standing firm against calls to restore democratic rule. here's what mr blinken had to say about wagner a little earlier. for sure, we have concerns when we see something like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. and here is why we are concerned... because ever

lucy letby, a 33—year—old nurse originally from hereford is charged with murdering seven babies and attemptingng her time on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. the time referred to is betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. the neonatal unit is where babies would be taken if they were sick or premature, they would go there soon after birth. it is the prosecution's case, they claim she attacked these babies in a variety of ways, by injecting them with insulin, using that as a poison, or injecting them with air, by overfeeding them, or by tampering with their feeding tubes or in some cases by inflicting physical trauma. they said the one thing that links these instances, these deaths and near fatal collapses, was that lucy letby was on shift at the time. lucy letby was on shift at the time. lucy letby denied all the charges against her. she was in court for 1h days giving evidence. her defence is that this could have happened through natural occurrences. she also talked about the neonatal unit saying it was overstretched and understaffed. she talked about serious failings in the unit

now lucy letby is originally from hereford . she originally from hereford. with murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others. this was at the countess of chester hospital. the trial has lasted . some nine the trial has lasted. some nine months. here is the latest on this break news story. jurors have delivered their verdict. our north—west of england, reporter sophie reaper has the story . story. >> how loosely is this the most horrific crime possible ? horrific crime possible? >> the murder of a baby back in 2018? >> lucy letby was arrested on suspicion of just that . suspicion of just that. >> did you have any concerns that there was a rise in the mortality rate ? mortality rate? >> yes. okay. so tell me about that. what concerns did you have . that we don't just notice as as a team in general, the nurses strike that this was a rise compared to previous years. >> new parents here at the countess of chester hospital put their trust in the staff on its neonatal unit that was only to find out later that one of the nurses was a killer as the number

verdict, we are hearing it from manchester crown court, lucy letby, the nurse, 33 years old from hereford in her care and attempting to murder another six at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune of 2015 and june of 2016. stay with us on bbc news, a lot of reaction and context to come. we are on the court steps, with saying the microphones behind me are expecting to hear statements from the various parties involved, expecting to hearfrom cheshire constabulary. they put this investigation together. we are expecting to hear from the crown prosecution service and finally we would expect to hear from the family liaison officer who has been working with these families over this period of time. families for whom this has been an incredibly traumatic period, notjust been an incredibly traumatic period, not just losing been an incredibly traumatic period, notjust losing their children in the neonatal unit, but also this trial which has lasted, as we said, for an extra long time. also with saying that lucy letby was not in court in the last few minutes to hear those final verdicts delivered

we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the rest of her life in prison ashe murders and attempted murder she carried out while working as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. we have heard over a period of months harrowing evidence from the parents of victims, we have heard about lucy letby�*s particularly cruel and calculating offending, the methods which are used to kill children in her care, sometimes by injecting them with air into their bloodstream, sometimes by poisoning them with insulin, sometimes by overfeeding them with milk. and the judge really talked today about the way that she had carried out a campaign of enormously cruel, criminal activity. campaign of enormously cruel, criminalactivity. he campaign of enormously cruel, criminal activity. he talked about the pain that each of those babies will have suffered at the moment of death or when they were having those sudden and inexplicable acute medical episodes. he talked about the pain that lucy letby had inflicted on those babies, the physical pain, but also the pa

we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the rest of her life in prison as

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she apparently, you know, had a perfectly nice childhood and life growing up in hereford and, you know, there is no obvious reason. there's no record of a head trauma or anything or the jeffrey dahmer thing that could , you know, steer someone or turn off their empathy . so, turn off their empathy. so, yeah, it just seems it seems insane. yeah, it just seems it seems insane . the only time apparently insane. the only time apparently insane. the only time apparently in court that she showed empathy is was a doctor she is when there was a doctor she fancied. and he came in to give evidence and she broke down in tears because, you know, the doctor, she she finds it so . doctor, she she finds it so. >> but isn't that the theory that didn't you say that that one of the elements i've heard one of the elements i've heard on the news today is that she was having a relationship with somebody was married somebody who was married and that she could that one of the ways she could get to him by making get close to him was by making a baby . baby sicker. >> m baby sicker. >> yeah. then he'd be invol

lucy letby 33 years old and from hereford , she has no chance of hereford, she has no chance of parolehat whole life term and it's been described as a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder . murder. >> yeah, we are expecting more reaction at manchester crown court from both the police service, who of course will continue now to investigate some 4000 missions to the hospital there in chester and also the suggestions that there could be some 30 to 40 babies where they have to look in more detail. we'll update you on that and any more news about the inquiry that will follow. but let's get an update the news update now on the news headlines. is waiting for headlines. tamsin is waiting for . us >> mark, thank you. here are the headunes >> mark, thank you. here are the headlines at 130. there worst child serial killer in modern british history will spend the rest of her life in prison within the last half an hour. lucy letby was given a whole life term at manchester crown court. the 33 year old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at t

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