UK nurse charged with murder of 8 babies


People walking past the Women and Children's Building at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, England, in July 2018. British police on Tuesday arrested a female healthcare worker suspected of murdering eight babies at a neo-natal hospital unit. – AFP pic, November 12, 2020.

POLICE in the northwestern English city Chester said yesterday they have charged a nurse with eight counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder against babies at a local hospital.

A 30-year-old named as Lucy Letby was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the crimes once prosecutors gave the go-ahead, Cheshire police said in a statement.

The charges relate to “a number of baby deaths and non-fatal collapses at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital” between June 2015 and June 2016, they added.

Letby is being held in custody ahead of a first appearance before magistrates in nearby Warrington today.

She had previously been arrested but released without charge in 2018 and 2019. – AFP, November 12, 2020.


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