so how was lucy letby caught?wing the case since her arrest and throughout the long trial. he reports now on the complex police investigation. hello, lucy? yes. i'm from cheshire police. can we come in? police arrived at lucy letby�*s home in chester early in the morning injuly 2018. they are investigating unexplained deaths of premature babies at the hospital where she worked. later an officer leads her to a car to be taken first police interview. she is asked if she knows why she has been arrested. lucy letby had done special training to look after vulnerable babies at the countess of chester's neonatal unit. a young woman qualified to help keep alive tiny babies at the start of their lives. a young women who sentjokey messages to colleagues about getting the prosecco in for her house—warming party. a young woman who murdered children she was supposed to care for. when one of the doctors at chester first heard that nurse led by�*s name was being linked the deaths, he said no, it cannot be lucy, not nice lucy. an

but the static analysis did identify that lucy letby was on shift for those three episodes. no, it can't be lucy, nice lucy. tell me about when you remember first meeting lucy letby. i don't recall the first time that i met lucy letby. she started work in 2012. she didn't strike me as too different to most nurses on the unit. you didn't have any worries about her doing thejob? i don't think anybody did. it is something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. can you give us a sense of what was happening in the unit over the summer and autumn of 2015 in terms of there being more unexplained collapses and deaths? it was the first time i started to have some concerns about the unusual nature of the collapses and the deaths. i e—mailed the unit manager after this death in october, and i asked to discuss lucy letby and her association with the deaths. some of the babies did not respond to resuscitation quite how we would have expected them to. most babies get a heart rate back, their breathing would get be

lucy letby was present each time.6, a consultant says he saw her standing and watching when a baby seemed to have stopped breathing. dr ravi jayaram got up from the nursing station and walked in, and saw that lucy letby was there, and lucy letby was not doing anything, and the baby, who was there with lucy letby at the cotside, the baby was desaturating. he asked lucy letby what was going on, and lucy letby then said, "0h, he'sjust started, he'sjust started declining now." the baby survived the incident. there were seven consultant paediatricians working on the unit. all of them now thought something was badly wrong. this is the first time the lead consultant has spoken publicly about their concerns. some of the babies didn't respond to resuscitation quite how we would have expected them to. most babies, you'd get a heart rate back and they'd start... their breathing would get better. but that didn't happen in these cases like you'd expect, which was unusual. a hospital boss who took over after the baby deaths has als

, that i'm being called in for these catastrophic events which were unexpected and unexplained, lucy letbythere," and then somebody else said, "i found that." and then someone else had the same response. and they all realised that the common factor for each of them was letby�*s presence on the unit. injune 2016, two babies died on consecutive days. 13 children had now died. lucy letby was on shift for all of them. the day after the second death, the nurse was due back on the unit. paediatrician steve brearey rang the duty manager asking for her to be replaced. the manager refused. i challenged her. i said, "are you saying that you are making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians?" and she said yes. and i said, "well, if you are making this decision, are you taking responsibility of anything that might happen tomorrow to any of our babies?" and she said yes. letby went to work, and a baby unexpectedly collapsed. we were urging them to investigate our concerns appropriately, and most of us felt the most appropriate way to do that would be to go to the police. th

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this is the moment police arrested lucy letby in chester. t the time were handled. hello. you're watching bbc news coming live from manchester. i'm anna foster. here in the uk, nurse lucy letby — has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at a hospital in chester.

and no one has ever seen lucy letby harming a child. that point, i think the police had spent three years trying to build a case, to find someone culpable, to find someone to blame. did you question, at that point, if it could be something - she was capable of? of course, it run... it goes through your mind for an instant, where you think, "what do the police know that i don't know?" but in that instant, it's gone in a second, because it's replaced by "i know lucy, i've grown up with lucy." you've spent time interviewing her. what do you make of her? she's a difficult one to work out. because she's emotionless. she wasjust very clinical in her answers. so, she was comfortable, she'd go through medical notes, she would talk to us, she was cooperative, she engaged. but there was no empathy or, or sympathy with what's gone on at all. they told me there had been a lot more deaths and i'd been linked as someone who had been there for a lot of them. did you have any concerns that there was a rise in mortality rate? yes. ok, so tell me about th

but lucy letby was always there. he unit during every single one of the 25 suspicious incidents. hello, lucy is it? yeah. in 2018, lucy letby was arrested for the first time. if you just take a seat in there for me, lucy. i'll move that seat forward a bit. i'vejust had knee surgery, so... 0h, right, 0k. we woke up at six o'clock . in the morning to our phone, and it was the family liaison - telling us they'd arrested somebody on suspicion of murder — a health care worker — l and he came, and he had a conversation and - he said, lucy letby. the absolute shock. i'd almost, in my own mind, - been like, "oh it's someone we don't know and it's someone _ in the background who's done this awful thing," and never in a million years did i think it would be - someone that we, we feltj we had a connection with. the shock of that. the shock of that was just unreal — unreal. i lucy letby is clearly the person who, who keeps things. she kept obviously medical records, she kept handovers sheets, she kept electronic devices and photo

lucy letby— were poisoned with insulin. lucy letby is — were poisoned with insulin.ical bat, but the time it got to the second — vertical bat, but the time it got to the second she did begin to sob and sobbed _ the second she did begin to sob and sobbed when she left the dock. it was a _ sobbed when she left the dock. it was a couple of days before we point out the _ was a couple of days before we point out the next batch of verdicts. there — out the next batch of verdicts. there were four micro guilty verdicts— there were four micro guilty verdicts for murders. she sat with her head — verdicts for murders. she sat with her head bowed in the dock. a very strong _ her head bowed in the dock. a very strong reaction came from letby's mother, _ strong reaction came from letby's mother, he — strong reaction came from letby's mother, he said you can't be serious, _ mother, he said you can't be serious, this can be happening. 0ver serious, this can be happening. over the last— serious, this can be happening. over the last week as we have got more and more — the last week as

lucy letby was on shift for all of them. th, the nurse was due back on the unit. paediatrician steve brearey rang the duty manager asking for letby to be replaced. the manager refused. i challenged her. i said, "well, are you saying that you're making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians?" and she said, "yes." and i said, "well, if you're making this decision, are you taking responsibility of anything that might happen tomorrow to any other of our babies?" and she said, "yes." letby went to work, and a baby unexpectedly collapsed. we were urging them to investigate our concerns appropriately, and most of us felt the most appropriate way to do that would be to go to the police. the response from the medical director was unsupportive. in an e—mail to the paediatricians obtained by panorama, ian harvey wrote, "action is being taken. all e—mails cease forthwith." the police were not called. instead, in september 2016, the royal college of paediatrics and child health was asked to carry out a review

lucy letby was on shift for all of them. e nurse was due back on the unit. paediatrician steve brearey rang the duty manager asking for letby to be replaced. the manager refused. i challenged her. i said, "well, are you saying that you're making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians?" and she said, "yes." and i said, "well, if you're making this decision, are you taking responsibility for anything that might happen tomorrow to any other of our babies?" and she said, "yes." letby went to work, and a baby unexpectedly collapsed. we were urging them to investigate our concerns appropriately, and most of us felt the most appropriate way to do that would be to go to the police. the response from the medical director was unsupportive. in an e—mail to the paediatricians obtained by panorama, ian harvey wrote, "action is being taken. all e—mails cease forthwith." the police were not called. instead, in september 2016, the royal college of paediatrics and child health was asked to carry out a review of th

and nurses and lucy letby.— and nurses and lucy letby.ses and lucy letby. at the heart of this case was _ and nurses and lucy letby. at the heart of this case was somebody l and nurses and lucy letby. at the i heart of this case was somebody who was a medical professional, who was there as a qualified registered nurse and he was caring for these extremely sick babies and we now know it was doing things that were making them sicker and in some of those cases were killing them. and we heard the police talk about her weapon eyes inc. the tools of her tray to tell us a bit more about why they chose to that expression, what that means. i they chose to that expression, what that mean— they chose to that expression, what that means. ~' ., ., , ., that means. i think fundamentally no one expects — that means. i think fundamentally no one exoects a — that means. i think fundamentally no one expects a medical _ that means. i think fundamentally no one expects a medical professor, - that means. i think fundamentally no one expects a medical professo

we will never know the names of the seven babies nurse lucy letby murdered. haven't been revealed to protect them and their families. we do know that five of them were baby boys and two were baby girls. and there are six more infants letby tried to kill. they will now be approaching their eighth birthdays. during letby�*s long trial, the court heard that her "favourite" way of murdering them was by injecting them with air. she was, the prosecution said, "in effect playing god". cheshire police have announced today that they will now be reviewing the care of thousands of babies at two hospitals where letby had worked. tonight we'll ask why bosses at the countess of chester hospital failed to investigate the suspicious deaths of so many babies, despite consultants repeatedly trying to blow the whistle about the numbers dying on letby�*s watch. the hospital didn't answer that or any other questions today. the answer may come via an inquiry which has been announced by england's health secretary. here's kate. did you have any concerns that there was a _ did you ha

lucy letby has been found ruil of know. lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering _ know.rdering seven - know. lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies| know. lucy letby has been found l guilty of murdering seven babies in her care at the countess of chester hospital and attempting to murder another six. this happened between june of 2015 and june of 2016. the jury june of 2015 and june of 2016. the jury at manchester crown court had been hearing this case for nine months. they have spent more than 110 hours deliberating these 22 counts, both of murder and attempted murder, against lucy letby. thejury was undecided on the attempted murder of a furtherfour was undecided on the attempted murder of a further four babies, but thatis murder of a further four babies, but that is the breaking news we're bringing you on bbc news. there has been a trial that has lasted nine months, 32,000 pages of evidence was put together by operation hummingbird, cheshire constabulary�*s operation into lucy letby. the nurse who was in apposition of care over so many babies at th

what did lucy letby say to you? lucy said, "now, don't worry."ly... calm demeanour about her. and she is, you know, very, very softly spoken. and, "don't worry," the registrar was coming, she'd already contacted him, he was on his way, and she told me to go back to the ward. i was trying to reassure my wife that, "listen, these people are experts and, you know, if they say there is not a problem, you've got nothing to worry about." that was the first phone call. quickly followed up by a second phone call with a midwife saying, "you need to get here now." and there was a third phone call telling me, "where are you? the priest has been called." and ijust knew. i knew at that point, you know, you don't call a priest unless someone's dying. what could you see? we were taken in. and we were told to talk to him and hold his hand. he was christened. the consultant said, "you know what? we're going to stop. we want him to die in your arms... rather than being worked on." so we said, "ok." and they passed him to us. and he died. can you just talk me throu

the mother of one baby murdered by lucy letby says experience lucy letby says her experience in hospitallike something out of horror story . one out of a horror story. one mother she was haunted by mother said she was haunted by vivid images and that letby had destroyed her life after two of her triplets were killed . the 33 her triplets were killed. the 33 year old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the countess of chester hospital between 2015 and 16. well, we can take you straight to manchester crown court now for that sentence in her absence , i that sentence in her absence, i shall deliver the sentencing remarks as if she was present to hear them. >> and i direct that she is provided with a transport of my remarks and copies of the victim personal statements read to the court . in lucy letby over a court. in lucy letby over a penod court. in lucy letby over a period of almost 13 months between . june 2015 and june between. june 2015 and june 2016, when anne, in your mid—twenties and employed as a neonatal nurse in the countess of chester

lucy letby was on shift for all of them. e nurse was due back on the unit. paediatrician steve brearley rang the duty manager asking for letby to be replaced. the manager refused. i challenged her. i said, "well, are you saying that you're making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians?" and she said, "yes." and i said, "well, if you're making this decision, are you taking responsibility for anything that might happen tomorrow to any other of our babies?" and she said, "yes." letby went to work, and a baby unexpectedly collapsed. we were urging them to investigate our concerns appropriately, and most of us felt the most appropriate way to do that would be to go to the police. the response from the medical director was unsupportive. in an e—mail to the paediatricians obtained by panorama, ian harvey wrote, "action is being taken." all e—mails ceased forthwith. the police were not called. instead, in september 2016, the royal college of paediatrics and child health was asked to carry out a review of

she said that lucy b had told her —— that lucy letby— lucy b had told her —— that lucy letby had — lucyhould go back to _ was on her way and she should go back to the — was on her way and she should go back to the ward. she did that and called _ back to the ward. she did that and called her— back to the ward. she did that and called her husband on the way back to the _ called her husband on the way back to the ward. we were shown phone records _ to the ward. we were shown phone records to— to the ward. we were shown phone records to prove the time of this court. _ records to prove the time of this court, which are related she had seen _ court, which are related she had seen and — court, which are related she had seen and how distressed she was. lucy letby— seen and how distressed she was. lucy letby was asked about this in cross— lucy letby was asked about this in cross examination and she simply said that — cross examination and she simply said that the mother's recollection was not _ said that the mother's recollection was not correct, the mother had must remember— was not correct, th

. people have of course been affected by lucy letby's crimes.— by lucy letby's crimes.hat's right- of _ by lucy letby's crimes. that's right. of course, _ by lucy letby's crimes. that's right. of course, at _ by lucy letby's crimes. that's right. of course, at the - by lucy letby's crimes. that's right. of course, at the heart| by lucy letby's crimes. that's l right. of course, at the heart of all of this has been the families of those babies, the parents of those babies, but also the jurors who have had to listen to a huge amount of very difficult evidence over the ten months or so of this trial. also many of lucy letby's former colleagues, people who would have considered a friend, they have had to come to court, not only to give evidence but listen to very difficult evidence, often talked about in minute detail. of course, the process of proving beyond reasonable doubt that someone committed murder requires a huge amount of very complicated medical evidence. there have been various medical experts part of this trial throughout. cheshire police, who did this investiga

lucy letby was entrusted to protect some _ lucy letby was entrusted to protect some of— lucy letby wasof the most vulnerable babies. little did _ some of the most vulnerable babies. little did those working alongside her know— little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their— her know that there was a murderer in their midst. she did her utmost to conceal— in their midst. she did her utmost to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in_ to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in which she repeatedly harmed bahies— ways in which she repeatedly harmed babies in_ ways in which she repeatedly harmed babies in her care. she sought to deceive _ babies in her care. she sought to deceive her— babies in her care. she sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm _ deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a _ the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each baby's existing — than a worsening of each baby's existing vulnerability. in her hands. _ existing vulnerability. in her hands, innocuous substances like

the fact that those _ were looking at lucy letby. e — lucy letby a letter of apology because an hr investigation found that she _ because an hr investigation found that she had been harassed, it is simply— that she had been harassed, it is simplyjaw—dropping that they had to do that _ simplyjaw—dropping that they had to do that. and they were threatened with being referred to the general medicat— with being referred to the general medical council. this is absolutely textbook— medical council. this is absolutely textbook stuff on how poor management treats whistle—blowers in the nhs _ management treats whistle—blowers in the nhs. and it isjustjaw—dropping that this _ the nhs. and it isjustjaw—dropping that this has happened once again. dominic. _ that this has happened once again. dominic, how does oversight work now? because inevitably when there is a case like this, and it brings to mind people like beverly allott, the nurse who was convicted of murdering children in her care in the early 1990s, people like doctor harold shipman. pat

lucy letby, on each of the seven offences — lucy letby, on each of the seven offences of— lucy letby, offences of— offences of murder and these seven offences of attempted _ offences of murder and these seven offences of attempted murder, - offences of murder and these seven offences of attempted murder, i- offences of attempted murder, i sentence — offences of attempted murder, i sentence you _ offences of attempted murder, i sentence you to _ offences of attempted murder, i sentence you to imprisonment l offences of attempted murder, ii sentence you to imprisonment for life. sentence you to imprisonment for life because _ sentence you to imprisonment for life. because the _ sentence you to imprisonment for life. because the seriousness- sentence you to imprisonment for life. because the seriousness of. life. because the seriousness of your— life. because the seriousness of your offences _ life. because the seriousness of your offences is _ life. because the seriousness of your offences is exceptionally. life. because the seriousness of. your offences is exceptionally high, i your of

the common factor — lucy letby.staffing sheet shows she was the only employee who was present every time there was a suspicious event. dr stephen brearey led the team of seven consultants on the unit who shared joint concerns about letby. he's now speaking publicly about their experience for the first time. it's something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. things came to a head when two out of three healthy triplets died within 2a hours of each other injune 2016. afterwards, a meeting was held for staff. lucy letby was there. she was sitting next to me. i spoke to her and said how tired and upset she must be after two days of this, and i hoped that she was going to have a restful weekend. and she turned to me and said, "no, i'm back on shift tomorrow." the other staff were very traumatised by all of this. we were crumbling before your eyes, almost, and she was quite happy and confident to come into work. lucy letby was eventually moved

50. back in two years passed and the career of lucy letby?— career of lucy letby?ifferent to _ career of lucy letby? so, this is different to what _ career of lucy letby? so, this is different to what happened - career of lucy letby? so, this is different to what happened with i different to what happened with harold in the early to thousands but howard shipman was convicted of a number of murders, ii. howard shipman was convicted of a number of murders, 11. but the inquiry that happened in the inquiry of harold shipman was hundreds of deaths and it concluded that he was probably more likely than not involved in the deaths of hundreds of his patients. i think you a thing with lucy letby and the unit which normally saw about three deaths in a year, saw 13 deaths in the space of one calendar year not all of the steps resulted in murder charges in this case there might be some reasons for that it might be that the crown prosecution service felt there was not enough evidence to bring charges on all of the steps but to go from an average of three to 13 and a year, a lea

onjuly the 3rd, when lucy letby was arrested, ifelt onjuly the 3rd, when lucy letby was arrested, i feltonflicted. she took those hand and footprints. the mother of baby c was crying in the dock as she continued. lucy letby, there is no sentence that will ever compare to the excruciating agony that we have suffered as a consequence of your actions. and then baby d, the mother of that baby is speaking in court. i miss my baby so much, it has. i was desperate to feel her, smell her and cuddle her. i was desperate to keep her safe. the mother of baby d has also said she had been pushing for answers, but was initially told this was not a police matter. she said, i have lost my confidence as a mother, a woman, a friend and wife. my marriage is also scarred. it has been hard to keep strong together at times since my baby passed away. i live behind my own shadow. i had a car accident and i crashed into a wall was that these are victim impact statements that continue to be read out. that is at lucy letby�*s sentencing here at manchester crown court. �* ., .,, sentencing here at manchester crown

and it is a disgrace that lucy letby didn't today.atements to really put the families of those babies, those children at the heart of all of this. because of course, they are the people at the front of mind today. we have talked about lucy letby�*s colleagues, the jury, today. we have talked about lucy letby�*s colleagues, thejury, the many people who have had to sit through all of this evidence. but i think in those victim impact statements, you really got a sense of the way that this impacts their whole lives, their memories. surviving children, surviving siblings. we talked about it affecting marriages and we heard from some of those parents describing how they even consider taking their own lives. in the case of one parent, she said she thought if she took her own life, she would see her daughter again on the other side. we really can't spend enough time i think it enough focus, on those parents and the awful, awful at ordeal they have been through, can we? ~ , ,., , at ordeal they have been through, canwe? ~ , ., ., can we? absol

the common factor — lucy letby.as the only employee who was present every time there was a suspicious event. dr stephen brearey led the team of seven consultants on the unit who shared joint concerns about letby. he�*s now speaking publicly about their experience for the first time. it's something that nobody really wants to consider, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. things came to a head when two out of three healthy triplets died within 2a hours of each other injune 2016. afterwards, a meeting was held for staff. lucy letby was there. she was sitting next to me. i spoke to her and said how tired and upset she must be after two days of this, and hoped that she was going to have a restful weekend, and she turned to me and said, "no, i'm back on shift tomorrow." the other staff were very traumatised by all of this. they were crumbling before your eyes almost, and she was quite happy and confident to come into work. lucy letby was eventually moved to a clerical role. the doctors kept

lucy letby was on shift for all of them. d her. i said, "well, are you saying that you're making this decision against the wishes of seven consultant paediatricians?" and she said, "yes." and i said, "well, if you're making this decision, are you taking responsibility of anything that might happen tomorrow to any other of our babies?" and she said, "yes." lucy letby went to work, and a baby unexpectedly collapsed. we were urging them to investigate our concerns appropriately, and most of us felt the most appropriate way to do that would be to go to the police. the response from the medical director was unsupportive. in an e—mail to the paediatricians obtained by panorama, ian harvey wrote, "action is being taken." all e—mails ceased forthwith. the police were not called. instead, in september 2016, the royal college of paediatrics and child health was asked to carry out a review of the neonatal unit. it urged the trust to investigate each death individually. this didn't happen. around this time, lucy letby launched a grievanc

what did lucy letby say to you? lucy said, "now, don't worry."emeanour about her. and she is, you know, very, very softly spoken. and, "don't worry," the registrar was coming, she'd already contacted him, he was on his way, and she told me to go back to the ward. i was trying to reassure my wife that, "listen, these people are experts and, you know, if they say there is not a problem, you've got nothing to worry about." that was the first phone call. quickly followed up by a second phone call with a midwife saying, "you need to get here now." and there was a third phone call telling me, "where are you? the priest has been called." and ijust knew. i knew at that point, you know, you don't call a priest unless someone's dying. what could you see? we were taken in. and we were told to talk to him and hold his hand. he was christened. the consultant said, "you know what? we're going to stop. we want him to die in your arms... rather than being worked on." so we said, "ok." and they passed him to us. and he died. can you just talk me through what happ

lucy letby's circle of influence, if ou like. ., lucy letby's circle of influence, if ou like. . ., ,influence, if ou like. . .,, , lucy letby's circle of influence, if ou like. . ., , , ., you like. yeah, it has been an incredibly _ you like. yeah, it has been an incredibly complex _ you like. yeah, it has been an incredibly complex case - you like. yeah, it has been an incredibly complex case with i you like. yeah, it has been an i incredibly complex case with the jury incredibly complex case with the jury having to wade through thousands upon thousands of blood gas charge, feeding charts, x—rays, and these have been an accompaniment with the doctors and nurses who were on shift at that time, describing what they had seen. but, really, a lot of this case hinges on the observations of the medical expert who really tried to make sense of what it was we were seeing in those documents of unexplained crashes, these are strange, unusual patches. it was their report that really kind of explained what was going on on that neonatal unit, and i think the crown had been quite upfront in saying

the parallels with lucy letby are striking. those in charge were apparently unable to believe there might be a killer in the hospital. so how can the nhs take that mindset into account for the future? we take that mindset into account for the future?— the future? we should have had a s stem the future? we should have had a system for _ the future? we should have had a system for looking _ the future? we should have had a system for looking at _ the future? we should have had a system for looking at the - the future? we should have had a | system for looking at the outcome the future? we should have had a i system for looking at the outcome of babies in neonatal units and to look at adverse events happening to babies in neonatal units. this doctor has — babies in neonatal units. this doctor has chaired _ babies in neonatal units. this doctor has chaired a - babies in neonatal units. this doctor has chaired a number of high—profile nhs inquiries, including several involving maternity units. although none of his investigations inv

but the staffing analysis did identify that lucy letby was on shift for those three episodes. ucy letby. i don't recall the first time that i met lucy letby. she started work in 2012. she didn't strike me as too different to most nurses on the unit. you didn't have any worries about her doing thejob? i don't think anybody did. it's something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. can you give us a sense of what was happening in the unit over the summer and autumn of 2015 in terms of there being more unexplained collapses and deaths? it was the first time i started to have some concerns about the unusual nature of the collapses and the deaths. i e—mailed the unit manager after this death in october, and i asked to discuss lucy letby and her association with the deaths. some of the babies did not respond to resuscitation quite how we would've expected them to. most babies get a heart rate back, their breathing would get better, but that didn't happen in these cases like you would expect, which was unusua

the evidence in this case has been, i believe, significant and has taken us to understand that lucy letbya killer. in terms of the evidence, the defence also said nobody saw lucy. do anything. this is circumstantial. yes. what do you say to answer that? you know, i've been experienced in investigating murder and suspicious deaths. it's very rarely an eyewitness event. and often we are relying on piecing things together. and in this case, we've done just that. so i'm not... it's not unexpected to us when this started building and the case started to look sinister that she hadn't been witnessed because if she had, then i'm quite sure we'd have known about it at the time. so it doesn't surprise me because the way she was operating was to gain the trust and then to deceive that trust. the trial has focused on a neat year period june tojune 2015 to 2016. but lucy letby worked at the hospital and elsewhere over a longer period. are you looking at other cases? yes, as expected. i'm sure the public would expect us to look at the entire footprint of lucy letby�*s career. there'd be parents would e

now how arrested lucy letby. now how lucy is this?se. >> hello, my name, please. >> i attended her turquoise door . you can see there the killer opens. she looks rather surprised as detectives enter her property. later she's led out in handcuffs , hands behind out in handcuffs, hands behind her back . the look of shock on her back. the look of shock on her back. the look of shock on her face. perhaps this is the moment she knew what the next ten months of her life would be like . like. >> and yet she denied all 22 charges against her. she blamed the deaths on hospital hygiene and staffing levels when in fact she was deliberate injecting babies with air and poisoning them with insulin. she is due to be sentenced on monday morning, but these guilty verdicts were delivered. this afternoon. what a gruelling process . yes, for a gruelling process. yes, for jurors it has been over the last ten months for and all the babies families. and we can now tell you, because there were reports , voting restrictions reports, voting restrictions dunng

we won't see lucy letby. she won't be there facing the judge as he delivers his sentencing . as he delivers his sentencing. she won't be there facing the families of whom she murdered some of their children . she some of their children. she won't be there at all facing the crimes that she is committed. and this is one of, if not the longest murder trial in british history . history. >> and there are some questions about the jury in this because it's gone on for so long. obviously, there were some not guilty verdicts as well. i was just hoping that you might be able to to me what what able to explain to me what what the story of the jury is really going throughout all of this . going throughout all of this. >> absolutely. so of course, the traditional jury at the crown court is comprised of 12 people. that was the same for this case. however, a few weeks ago, we lost one of the jurors that was as according to justice goss, he said they had a good person , said they had a good person, personal reason that meant

lucy letby is not there. she will not hear them, will seek? ,, , ., . , seek? is here at manchester crown court. _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was brought i seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was brought to j crown court, she was brought to court from prison this morning as she has been for every stage of this process, but last week as the final verdicts were delivered it is worth reminding you as well those verdicts were delivered over a series of hearings. there were none for different hearings on the court where the jury returned and delivered a partial number of verdicts. lucy letby was presence for the first ones, the first counts of murder which she was convicted of, she sobbed in the dock as those verdicts were read out but when it came to the later hearings she chose not to appear in court so every day has arrived here with a prison van, she has been taken to the holding cells and has exercised her right not to com

but lucy letby herself did not attend to hear her sentence.i'm rajini viadyanathan. welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. in the last few minutes, it has been confirmed mason greenwood is to leave manchester united. in a statement release by the club, manchester united said: "all those involved, including mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career at manchester united. it has therefore been mutually agreed that it would be most appropriate for him to do so away from old trafford, and we will now work with mason to achieve that outcome." mason greenwood has been subject to an internal investigation which the club says has now concluded. forward greenwood, 21, had criminal charges against him, including attempted rape and assault, dropped. earlier this year. in a statement made alongside the clubs, mr greenwood said he was brought up to know that violence or abuse in any relationship is wrong. today's decision has been part of a collaborative process between ma

obviously lucy letby was not in the dock _ obviously lucy letby was not in the dock i_ obviously lucym the families and was a moment a culmination of a nine-month _ was a moment a culmination of a nine—month trial, their chance to put on _ nine—month trial, their chance to put on record the impact of these crimes— put on record the impact of these crimes on— put on record the impact of these crimes on their lives. it was an incredibly— crimes on their lives. it was an incredibly emotional morning and i don't _ incredibly emotional morning and i don't think— incredibly emotional morning and i don't think most people in that room did shed _ don't think most people in that room did shed a _ don't think most people in that room did shed a tear when families shared harrowing _ did shed a tear when families shared harrowing things that they went through— harrowing things that they went through over the last few years and the impact — through over the last few years and the impact on their personal lives, marriages, — the impact on their personal lives, marriages, jobs. it brought it home fo

the prime minister there on the sentencing of lucy letby. that sentencing of lucy letby.ct the formal decision from thejudge to going to expect the formal decision from the judge to be going to expect the formal decision from thejudge to be handed down in a couple of hours' time. but more on whole life orders, which is what lucy letby will get. they were introduced back in 1983. they were initially imposed by home secretaries. in 2002, the power to pass such a tariff was handed to judges. these crimes are certainly in the remit of a whole life order, but it will be up to the judge to pass a sentence. should the 33—year—old be given such a sentence, lucy letby would become the fourth women in english legal history to receive a whole life order. we are going to have continuing coverage from manchester crown court with our correspondent anna foster. she will have more updates at the top of the hour. if you would like to get further updates before then, you can head to our website. you can do that by going and clicking, scanning the qr code on the right—hand side of the scree

lucy letby, convicted of murdering seven babies, and the sentencing was not about her. about their babies and their lives. letby's victims have to stay anonymous. the luisa gonzalez first to speak today was the mother luisa gonzalez g o nza lez of gonzalez of baby. baby d was just two days old when she died. mother held a toy rabbit as she spoke. letby, a nurse at the neonatal unit, killed and attacked tiny babies over a 12 month period. consultants on the unit had worn to management about her involvement. there are now questions about the delays in moving her from questions about the delays in moving herfrom clinical care, and the time it took to calling the police. today, alison kelly, the director of nursing at the hospital at the time, was suspended from her current nhs job. a public inquiry into letby's crimes has been announced. what form it will take has yet to be decided. what is really important is to actually get the inquiry right and make sure that people, the parents who face these horrific crimes, getting the justice they need, not only in the court with luc

thank ou so since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much. _ since lucy letby worked here. here. thank you so much, more details - since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more details on - since lucy letby worked here. thank you so much, more details on our. you so much, more details on our website. the western canadian province of british colombia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. we can speak now to our correspondent peter bowes. what is the latest deal with regards to these fires? what is the iatest deal with regards to these fires?— what is the latest deal with regards to these fires?— to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive — to these fires? there is a glimmer of positive news. _ to these fires? there is a glimmer of po

lucy letby was the person who was responsible for that.ings which will continue to be talked about after that sentencing hearing today was the fact that it lucy letby exercised her right not to appear in court and while she was in the courtroom, in the court building, she is remaining in the holding cells and she was not taken into the dock. she will again not appear for those sentencing remarks. this is the latest in a number of high—profile sentencing hearings in which convicted murderers have refused to appear in the dock. they include the sentencing in the case of 35—year—old sara lena, she was an aspiring lawyer, attacked while she was walking home from a bar in east london, and her aunt said the sentencing was the murderer�*s opportunity to be human and face his actions. his absence, she said, was actions. his absence, she said, was a slap in the face. then there was a nine—year—old school garg 0livia pratt—korbel who was shot by a masked gunman inside her home in liverpool, her mother said the fact that the family had to relive the

lucy letby| for two seconds? yes. - thank you. lucy letby seemed bewildered _ thank you.y letby seemed bewildered by _ thank you. lucy letby seemed bewildered by her _ thank you. lucy letby seemed bewildered by her arrest, - thank you. lucy letby seemed bewildered by her arrest, butl thank you. lucy letby seemed - bewildered by her arrest, but what she did and why she killed, she has never explained to the families of her many victims. over 12 months, the nurse killed seven vulnerable babies and attempted to murder six others. the scale of her crimes are such that the health secretary says the inquiry into what happened will now have greater powers. me the inquiry into what happened will now have greater powers.- now have greater powers. we will have a statutory _ now have greater powers. we will have a statutory inquiry _ now have greater powers. we will have a statutory inquiry into - now have greater powers. we will have a statutory inquiry into the l have a statutory inquiry into the letby murders, into the events at chester. that will be a judge led inquiry, as the p

the parallels with lucy letby are striking.ues did raise concerns about her. those in charge were apparently unable to believe that there might be a killer in the hospital. so how can the nhs take that mindset into account for the future? we should have had a system for looking at the outcome of babies in neonatal units and to look at adverse events happening to babies in neonatal units. he wants all patient incidents to be entered into a system which automatically raises the flag when an unusual pattern emerges. if we track these things in real time, you can trigger action. you can say, "there's something untoward happening here. it's outside the limits of normal variation. we need to look at it." for years, he's also been calling for medical examiners, independent senior doctors who look at all deaths which aren't seen by a coroner. it was recommended by the inquiry into dr harold shipman, the greater manchester gp, thought to have killed 250 of his patients. that recommendation was made in 2003. 20 years on, those examiners

judith: lucy letby had many faces -- party girl, graduate, bright youngers. ch face was a mask for evil hiding in plain sight. and at last her cover has slipped for the seat letby -- lucy letby will be known as one of britain's most notorious criminals. sumi: let's speak about the investigation and the trial with a former chief crown prosecutor for the northwest of england. it was his team that convicted nurse convicted of poisoning patients in 2015. first of all, what do you make of the verdict? >> the right verdict on the evidence was presented. a very complex investigation, with real complexities. as we found in the case i dealt with 10 years ago, unlike most where you have a body and you can show it has been murdered then you look for the murderer, here you had to identify the murder victims in the first place. you did not know whether they died from natural causes. these were vulnerable newborns. what lucy letby had done s weaponize air and insulin and milk, which would be important for the life of the child. she used them as weapons to cause their death.

the notion would deterred notion it would have deterred lucy letby, think is a very lucy letby, i thinkgue, although strange one to argue, although you weren't directly maintaining that come a long way from that we've come a long way from talking about lucy. hear talking about lucy. let me hear the traffic thing honestly, to my mind, couldn't be more irrelevant. it wasn't not the purpose of our transport system for a moment to kill people. and that's because you've that's only because you've mentioned it. michele these things talked things don't normally get talked about you're about on television, but you're in or unusual, i in the unlikely or unusual, i suppose, circumstance having suppose, circumstance of having two on panel who two christians on on a panel who couldn't reach more different perspectives. vengeance is mine. so if the lord is my perspective, but moreover, i can't understand why we would say the state should be taking lives in these circumstances to deter people . a whole life deter people. a whole life tariff will do that . tariff will do that. >> well, there you go. i

offending.— that will be carried out into lucy letby's offending.e are probably five. did the trust have a policy for raising clinical concerns and was it followed, fit for purpose and was it followed, fit for purpose and did it report to board? for adverts, unexpected outcomes, where they presented and discussed with learning points identified and actions logged at the meetings relevant in this case? and where these upwardly reported? did a member of the border turned or chair a clinical governance and patient safety committee in the trust? what actions did the medical director and director of nursing take when concerns were brought to them? how were they escalated and to whom? and finally, how did they assure themselves and the board that the necessary systems of clinical governance, they were in place and crucially were effective? in my experience, in each of the trusts, each trust would have claimed to have such systems but what they did not have were effective systems. to what extent are guidelines and processes like this decided centrally and

lucy letby�*s mugshot is on every front page today.in's most prolific baby killer. but for years, this was the way she presented herself to the world as a smiling, caring, young nurse. so why did it take so long for the net to close in? just take seat in there for me, lucy. that's one of the questions that a newly announced independent inquiry will address. but there has been some criticism of its parameters. i do feel that there are some issues around the non—statutory decision in terms of the inquiry. a non—statutory inquiry would mean that witnesses are not compelled to give evidence, and i think that there are risks that uncooperative witnesses may not come forward and co—operate with it. the inquiry will examine the experience of consultants at the countess of chester hospital who say senior managers ignored their concerns about letby for many months. it was secretive. it wasjudgmental. there was no credibility given to our opinions. and from january 2017, it was intimidating. bullying to a certain extent. the consultants believe

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so lucy letby joining us again. so lucy letby has got a life sentence.e. world >> she absolutely will not. patrick today has been a highly emotional day here at manchester crown court . obviously, we've crown court. obviously, we've been hearing those victim impact statements in the crown court this morning. statements in the crown court this morning . as always, that's this morning. as always, that's an incredible emotionally charged time . um, we've heard charged time. um, we've heard one from each of the parents of each of the babies who lucy letby has now been found guilty of attacking. i've picked out a few of the key point phrases from those victim impact statements that i'll read to you now from the parents of child a and child b , they said 2015 was and child b, they said 2015 was going to be the best year of our lives. everything was perfect. then, of course , lucy letby then, of course, lucy letby murdered one of their children and attempted to murder another at that, they say, we hope you have a very long life and spend every day suffering for