Child killer Lucy Letby faces being banned from working as a nurse
Child killer Lucy Letby faces being banned from nursing at a hearing later this month.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has listed a two-day hearing starting 12 December to decide if the most prolific child killer in modern British history should be removed from the nursing register.
In August, Letby, 33, of Hereford, was sentenced to 14 whole life orders after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, with two attempts on one of her victims.
The offences took place at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit, where Letby worked, between June 2015 and June 2016.
At Letby’s sentencing, Mr Justice Goss said there was “premeditation, calculation and cunning,” in her actions, as he handed down a whole-life order, which he said was “just punishment”.
He added: “This was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder.”
Letby, who refused to attend her sentencing at Manchester Crown Court, murdered the infants by injecting them with insulin and air.
Letby also faces a retrial in June for one count of attempted murder of a newborn baby next year.
The baby killer appeared via videolink at Manchester Crown Court where she heard The CPS will seek a retrial on one count of attempted murder of Child K, a baby girl,
The jury in her trial failed to reach a verdict on another five of attempted murder.
Prosecutors are not pursuing a retrial on the charges at this stage.
A provisional date for the new trial has been set for 10 June 2024, and it is estimated to last two to three weeks.
Letby has formally filed a bid to challenge her murder convictions at the Court of Appeal.
In September, the court confirmed it received an application from Letby to appeal her sentence.
Additonal reporting by Press Association
