Lucy Letby, a nurse with a “malevolent presence” accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others, reportedly left a post-it note that read “I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” a court has heard.
Letby is alleged to have gone on a year-long killing spree between 2015 and 2016 while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital. On Thursday morning (Oct. 13), on the fourth day of her trial, the court heard the passages written found during a search of Letby’s home, which included phrases such as “what allegations have been made and by who? Do they have written evidence to support their comments?” There was no reaction from the 32-year-old while her alleged confession was read out to the court.
Earlier, the court was told that Letby took images of two of three triplets lying dead together in a cot after reportedly murdering them and telling a doctor that one of them was “not leaving here alive”. The nurse also spent time comforting their heartbroken parents after she put excess air into the bodies of the siblings, known as Baby O and Baby P, to compromise their breathing. Parents of some of the babies appeared in court to hear the prosecution’s closing speech.
Following the events of June 2015 to June 2016, Nick Johnson KC told Manchester Crown Court that the consultants suspected the deaths and life-threatening collapses of the 17 children were “not medically explicable and caused by the the actions of Lucy Letby,” adding: “They did not, at the time, have the benefit of the evidence that you are going to hear and the decision was made by the hospital to remove Lucy Letby from a hands-on role. She was moved to clerical duties where she would not come into contact with children.”
Police were contacted and a “very lengthy and complex” investigation followed, the court was told, involving instructing independent paediatricians and other specialists who reviewed the various cases that passed through the medical unit. Johnson then explained that following the review, the decision was made to detain Lucy Letby on July 3 2018.
The trial, scheduled to last six months, continues.
Source: Complex.com