Lucy Letby, the serial infant murderer, will find out today if she will face another trial for the few remaining allegations against her, as determined by the prosecutors.
The previous nurse who took care of new babies, aged 33, is now in prison for the rest of her life. She killed seven babies and attempted to kill six others about seven years ago.
The jury at her trial in Manchester Crown Court last month could not agree on a decision for six charges of attempted murder involving five children.
The Crown Prosecution Service will tell us today if they plan to have another trial or not.
Letby was found not guilty of trying to kill two people, but the jury could not decide if she tried to kill four babies.
They couldn’t make a decision on two charges of trying to kill another baby boy. However, they did find her guilty of one charge of attempted murder.
The nurse from Hereford says she didn’t do what she’s accused of, and she has officially filed a request to have her guilty verdict reviewed and changed.
The police are now looking at the records of about 4,000 babies who were treated in the special care units of two hospitals where Lucy Letby worked for five years.
The maternity unit in Cheshire noticed a big increase in the number of babies who suddenly got very sick or fainted when Letby was doing something wrong.
She was taken out of the group after two sets of triplets and another baby boy all passed away in June 2016.
Consultants were worried and spoke up to hospital bosses about Letby being there during the collapses.
But the nurse filed a complaint, which was resolved in her favor, and was supposed to come back to the unit in 2017.
However, the move did not happen because the hospital trust contacted the police soon after.
She got arrested at her house in July 2018 and officially accused in November.
Some experts are concerned that Letby may have harmed more people than she was found guilty of harming.
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Lucy Letby’s attempted murder trial to be determined today
