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Panel Finds No Evidence of Murder by Lucy Letby

Former nurse gains hope in findings tying infant death, injury to 'bad medical care'

(Newser) - A panel of 14 experts has raised more serious doubts on the convictions of Lucy Letby, dubbed Britain's "killer nurse." The 35-year-old former neonatal nurse was found guilty of killing seven newborns and attempting to kill seven more at England's Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015...

Child Serial Killer Lucy Letby Questioned About More Deaths

Additional incidents reported at hospital where former neo-natal nurse trained as a student

(Newser) - "Britain's worst serial child killer of modern times," convicted of murdering seven infants and trying to kill seven more at a hospital in northern England, has been questioned in prison about more infant deaths, reports Reuters . All seven murders of which Letby was convicted last year occurred...

Notorious Ex-Nurse Loses Latest Bid for Retrial

UK's Lucy Letby is accused of murdering 7 babies, attempting to kill 7 more

(Newser) - Lucy Letby—a notorious household name in the UK, if not the US—has lost her latest attempt to clear her name. A court in London on Thursday denied the former neonatal nurse's bid for a retrial in an attempted-murder conviction regarding an infant in her care, reports the...

Her Conviction for Killing 7 Babies Isn't as Solid as You Think
She's Guilty
of Killing 7
Newborns.
Or Is She?
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She's Guilty of Killing 7 Newborns. Or Is She?

'New Yorker' casts doubt on the guilt of UK nurse Lucy Letby

(Newser) - Lucy Letby might be the most reviled person in all of the UK. The former nurse was convicted last year of murdering seven newborns and trying to kill six more. She is, in the eyes of the British press, evil personified. Now Rachel Aviv takes an in-depth look at the...

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