Lucy Letby police investigate if she killed two more babies at a second hospital during student nurse training
COPS are investigating whether Lucy Letby killed two more babies at another hospital while on student nurse training.
Letby, 33, was found guilty on Friday – making her Britain’s most prolific child killer.
Her heinous crimes were unmasked during a nearly 10-month trial where it was revealed she also attempted to kill six other newborns.
Up until now, officers had looked into only her killings between June 2015 and June 2016.
However, they are now continuing their investigation — dating it back to 2012 when she started at the Countess.
They have begun investigating Liverpool Women’s Hospital where she worked on placements in 2012 and 2015.
In that time about 4,000 babies would have passed through the hospitals’ maternity wards.
Police are confident the 33-year-old has not killed any other children but believe she may have harmed or tried to harm one.
However, two babies at the Liverpool hospital died during her training placement.
Cheshire Police say only those cases deemed medically concerning would be investigated further.
Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes said: “This does not mean we are investigating all 4,000.
“It just means that we are committed to a thorough review of every admission from a medical perspective to ensure that nothing is missed throughout the entirety of her employment as a nurse.”
Despite her conviction following a nine month trial and 22 days of jury deliberation, one of Letby’s school pals refuses to accept she’s done anything wrong.
The deluded woman, named Dawn, told BBC Panorama: “I will never believe she’s guilty” as she stands by evil Letby.
The charges Letby was convicted on in full
Child A, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby injected air intravenously into the bloodstream of the baby boy. COUNT 1 GUILTY.
Child B, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby attempted to murder the baby girl, the twin sister of Child A, by injecting air into her bloodstream. COUNT 2 GUILTY.
Child C, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said Letby forced air down a feeding tube and into the stomach of the baby boy. COUNT 3 GUILTY.
Child D, allegation of murder. The Crown said air was injected intravenously into the baby girl. COUNT 4 GUILTY.
Child E, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby murdered the twin baby boy with an injection of air into the bloodstream and also deliberately caused bleeding to the infant. COUNT 5 GUILTY.
Child F, allegation of attempted murder. Letby was said by prosecutors to have poisoned the twin brother of Child E with insulin. COUNT 6 GUILTY.
Child G, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby targeted the baby girl by overfeeding her with milk and pushing air down her feeding tube. COUNT 7 GUILTY, COUNT 8 GUILTY, COUNT 9 NOT GUILTY.
Child H, two allegations of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby sabotaged the care of the baby girl in some way which led to two profound oxygen desaturations. COUNT 10 NOT GUILTY, COUNT 11 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child I, allegation of murder. The prosecution said Letby killed the baby girl at the fourth attempt and had given her air and overfed her with milk. COUNT 12 GUILTY.
Child J, allegation of attempted murder. No specific form of harm was identified by the prosecution but they said Letby did something to cause the collapse of the baby girl. COUNT 13 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child K, allegation of attempted murder. The prosecution said Letby compromised the baby girl as she deliberately dislodged a breathing tube. COUNT 14 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child L, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said the nurse poisoned the twin baby boy with insulin. COUNT 15 GUILTY.
Child M, allegation of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby injected air into the bloodstream of Child L’s twin brother. COUNT 16 GUILTY.
Child N, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby inflicted trauma in the baby boy’s throat and also injected him with air in the bloodstream. COUNT 17 GUILTY, COUNT 18 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT, COUNT 19 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child O, allegation of murder. Prosecutors say Letby attacked the triplet boy by injecting him with air, overfeeding him with milk and inflicting trauma to his liver with “severe force”. COUNT 20 GUILTY.
Child P, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said the nurse targeted the triplet brother of Child O by overfeeding him with milk, injecting air and dislodging his breathing tube. COUNT 21 GUILTY.
Child Q, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby injected the baby boy with liquid, and possibly air, down his feeding tube. COUNT 22 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
In the interview, Dawn said the group of school friends from Aylestone Secondary School, in Hereford, are supporting the nurse.
She said: “We know she couldn’t have done anything that she’s accused of
“Unless Lucy turned around and said ‘I’m guilty’, I will never believe that she’s guilty.
“I grew up with Lucy and not a single thing that I’ve ever seen or witnessed of Lucy would let me for a moment believe she is capable of the thing’s she’s accused of.
“It is the most out of character accusation that you could ever put against Lucy.
“Think of your most kind gentle soft friend and think that they’re being accused of harming babies.”