News about Baby K

The neo-natal nurse tampered with the breathing tube of the infant, who was born 15 weeks early and known as Baby K, two hours after her birth, in February 2016, causing her to collapse. She was resuscitated and transferred to a more specialised hospital a few hours later but died aged four days. Dr Ravi Jayaram, a senior paediatrician who has appeared regularly on television, told Letby's trial he walked into Baby K's nursery to find her watching the tot and 'doing nothing.' By this time, the medic and his colleagues on the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, had already begun voicing suspicions about Letby and her association with a rise in unexpected collapses and deaths to senior executives, but she wasn't removed from working. Letby went on to kill two of three triplet brothers and harm another three baby boys before she was finally removed from the unit, in June 2016.

The mother of one of Lucy Letby's victims has slammed bosses at the Countess of Chester Hospital and said they 'facilitated a mass murderer', an inquiry heard. An inquiry into the events surrounding the crimes of Letby heard that a baby girl's death in October 2015 could have been prevented if 'prompt and effective action' was taken following the deaths of three infants in June of that year. The serial killer had injected air into Child I's stomach and bloodstream as she finally took her life on her fourth attempt. The mother accused bosses of 'trying to create their own narrative that Lucy Letby was a victim of bullying and harassment' to protect the hospital from 'looking bad'.

Two different juries and four of the most senior judges in the land concluded that Lucy Letby (pictured, left, while working as a nurse and right, in a court drawing) was one of the most prolific serial killers of modern times. Yet ever since she was convicted of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder six more, a growing army of sceptics including medical experts has decided the verdict against her is deeply flawed. Yesterday, in part one of his analysis of the case, GUY ADAMS looked at the crucial areas of evidence, from the 'confessional' notes she wrote to 'suspicious alterations' to medical records. Here, he continues his forensic examination...

Letby, 34, completed two work placements at Liverpool Women's Hospital between October and December 2012, and January and February 2015. The Thirlwall Inquiry is examining how the 34-year-old was able to murder seven babies and attempt to murder seven more at the Countess during a year-long killing spree, between June 2015 and June 2016. In his opening statement, Richard Baker KC, representing 12 families, said that collapses in neonatal units involving 'unusual' complications, such as dislodgement of endotracheal tubes, were 'uncommon.' 'It generally occurs in less than one per cent of shifts,' the barrister said.

Neonatologist Dr Michael Hall said he has wrestled 'for some time' with the nurse's case and 'did not consider that the jury had heard the whole truth'. Although Dr Hall was hired by Letby's defence lawyers as an expert witness, he was not called to testify at Manchester Crown Court. Across two trials, Letby, 34, was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others while she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Lucy Letby was sentenced to die in prison 370 days ago. Should we really be happy with such a savage sentence on such questionable evidence? Last week the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted that incorrect information about the case had been given during Ms Letby's first marathon trial. It was about door swipe records, highly useful for knowing who was where during crucial events. The CPS said: 'We are confident [it] did not have a meaningful impact on the prosecution, which included multiple strands of evidence.' But I wasn't reassured.

Last month, on these pages, I asked this question: Has the British justice system thrown a young woman into jail for life in order to save the tarnished reputation of the NHS? I was, of course, writing about Lucy Letby , and sharing my growing unease at her conviction and my concern that the perilous state of maternity and neonatal care in our hospitals was a factor too easily dismissed by the courts.

Just over a fortnight has passed since Lucy Letby was handed a 15th whole-life sentence for trying to murder another premature baby girl entrusted to her care. Baby K was the former neo-natal nurse's 14th victim - a tiny, defenceless infant, born 15 weeks early - who a second jury took a little over three hours to decide had been deliberately harmed at her hand. I wrote in these pages soon afterwards about the strange band of misfits and ghouls who - convinced Letby is innocent and emboldened by conspiracy theorists online - travelled daily to Manchester Crown Court to see the woman in the dock who, they insist, is the real 'victim' in this case.

The corridors of Manchester Crown Court are a pretty unremarkable place. Sometimes there's the odd commotion - an angry defendant or tearful relative unhappy at the punishment handed down - but in the main they are quiet areas through which barristers, solicitors and police officers pass on their way to the next case. However, on the morning of June 10 this year - the first day of Lucy Letby's retrial - the corridor outside court seven was anything but. In a scene more akin to a gaggle of fans at a theatre stage door, around 30 people crowded outside the courtroom, jostling for a seat. Their aim? To catch a glimpse of the newest 'celebrity' criminal - Britain's most prolific child killer, who was appearing in public for the first time since being convicted of murdering and harming 13 babies last year.

In this episode we bring you the heart wrenching words of Baby K's mum who spoke in court about how Lucy Letby 's actions had devastated her family's life. They also detail the remarks of Mr Justice Goss, as he sentenced Lucy Letby to another whole life term, and they discuss the reasons she tried and failed to appeal her convictions. Listen wherever you get your podcasts now.

The mother of one of Lucy Letby 's victims has told the child killer that she will 'never hurt another child...or have the joy that children give' as she was handed another life order today for attempting to murder the premature baby girl. Letby was sentenced this morning for deliberately dislodging the breathing tube of Baby K - an infant so tiny she would have fitted in the killer's open palm - during a night shift on the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit in February 2016. The judge demanded that she attend court to hear her sentence read out this morning, after the killer refused to appear at the previous sentencing in August. And the baby's mother told Letby today: 'Baby K is not here, never will be, we will never have what would give us peace, closure, or a feeling of being complete family unit.

The most prolific child killer in modern British history was 26 when she deliberately dislodged the breathing tube of Baby K - an infant so tiny she would have fitted in the killer's open palm - in the first hours of her life. She tried a further two times in the following hours. The judge demanded that Letby attend court to hear her sentence read out this morning, after the killer refused to appear at her previous sentence in August. On Tuesday, jurors at Manchester Crown Court took just three and a half hours to return a unanimous guilty verdict at the end of a 13-day retrial on a single count of attempted murder. The killer showed no emotion in the glass-panelled dock as the male foreman delivered the verdict. Baby K's father held his head in his hands as other relatives cried in the public gallery.

A mother spoke of her shock that killer nurse Lucy Letby was allowed to look after her newborn son just hours after being caught 'red-handed' trying to murder another premature baby girl. The baby boy was born at around 7.20pm on February 17, 2016 - just over 15 hours after the neo-natal nurse tried to murder the girl, known as Baby K, at around 03.50am the same day. Earlier this week Letby, 34, was convicted of attempting to kill Baby K following a three-week retrial at Manchester Crown Court. She is already serving 14 whole life terms for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more - one of whom she tried to kill twice. She is due to be sentenced for the attempted murder of Baby K tomorrow. The retrial heard senior paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram discovered Letby alone with Baby K 'doing nothing' as she collapsed, moments after the killer nurse had dislodged her breathing tube.

A mother spoke of her shock that killer nurse Lucy Letby was in charge of her newborn son at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The baby was born just 15 hours after Letby tried to kill Baby K.

Janet Cox (pictured with Letby) worked alongside her on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital and has insisted she is innocent. Letby was originally found guilty in August of murdering seven children and trying to kill six others, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on the attempted murder of a premature girl known as Baby K. A jury convicted her of this final count yesterday. Mrs Cox was a permanent fixture in the public gallery throughout the 13-day retrial. During the first trial, she sat next to Letby's parents, John, 77, and Susan, 63, but the couple did not attend the latest proceedings at Manchester Crown Court.

During the recent retrial, Letby was fending off questions from the prosecutor about her 'fascination' with her tiny victims and the way she carried out repeated Facebook searches on their parents once she had killed them. The killer nurse, 34, was convicted of the attempted murder of an infant known as Baby K. She was previously found guilty by another jury last August of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, but faced a retrial on the charge relating to Baby K.

NHS bosses are alleged to have put the reputation of the Countess of Chester Hospital (inset) above mounting evidence that they had a serial killer on their payroll and spoke of a fear of 'blue and white' police tape. Rather than act on the consultants' fears, they took Letby's (right) side and found in her favour when she launched a grievance procedure against the NHS trust. In evidence at Manchester Crown Court, Dr Ravi Jayaram, the unit's lead consultant, (left) said he wished he'd had the courage to go to police rather than rely on his superiors at board level to take action.

Child serial killer Lucy Letby (pictured main) was on Tuesday found guilty of trying to murder another premature baby less than two hours after she was born. The former neonatal nurse was already Britain's most prolific baby killer after last year being convicted of murdering seven children and trying to kill six others. On Tuesday a jury found the 34-year-old guilty of attempting to murder her 14th victim at the Countess of Chester Hospital - a tiny baby girl born 15 weeks early in February 2016, weighing 1lbs 8oz. 

Jurors this afternoon took three and a half hours to return their unanimous verdict at the end of a 13-day retrial on a single count of attempted murder. Letby - who is the most prolific child killer in modern British history - was 26 when she deliberately dislodged the breathing tube of Baby K in the first hours of her life. In the following hours, the cruel killer tried a further two times to murder the infant who was so tiny she would have fitted into Letby's open palm.

The neo-natal nurse, who worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital, was caught 'virtually red-handed' trying to kill the child, known as Baby K, in February 2016. Last August, Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others between June 2015 and June 2016. The jury in her original trial failed to reach a verdict on the single count involving Baby K, who was born 15 weeks early and weighed just 1lbs 8oz, and a retrial was ordered.

The child, known as Baby K, had been born weighing just 1lbs 8oz, 15 weeks early at the Countess of Chester Hospital when her mother went into labour unexpectedly early, in February 2016. Prosecutors described how Letby (left) was caught 'virtually red-handed' trying to murder Baby K by dislodging her breathing tube less than two hours after she was born. The child, described by her family as a 'perfect little girl', was later transferred to a nearby specialist hospital 12 hours after her birth. Her condition went on to worsen and her parents made the heartbreaking decision to turn off her life support. Pictured is the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital (right) and the hospital's exterior (inset).

At the time she was convicted as Britain's most prolific baby killer, Lucy Letby refused point blank to go into the dock to hear Mr Justice Goss (left) pass sentence on her. He imposed 14 whole life orders on her for the murders of seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the attempted murders of six others. In June, at the start of her re-trial for the attempted murder of a child known as Baby K, Letby, 34, (right, in court) finally got to hear most of the words she had studiously avoided hearing nearly 10 months earlier.

In this episode we bring you the final words to the jury before they are sent out to consider their verdict. They have been told it's up to them which evidence is the most important, and which witnesses they choose to believe. Lucy Letby 's guilt or innocence in this case, is in their hands.Listen to the latest update in The Trial of Lucy Letby wherever you get your podcasts now.

The 'terrible' list of Lucy Letby's convictions as a serial baby killer was read out loud in a courtroom today, as her re-trial on a charge of attempted murder entered its final phase. Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, named each of the seven premature infants she murdered at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and all six of those she tried to kill while on duty in its neonatal unit. Her first victim, a boy, died the day he was born, the second, another boy, when he was four days old. A little girl died at two days, a boy at six days and another girl at 11 weeks. One of a set of triplets was murdered by Letby when he was two days old, and the following day she also killed one of his brothers at the age of three days.