Key takeaways:
- Lucy Letby, 33, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others.
- The victims, including two triplet boys, were killed in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England.
- Justice Goss said that Letby’s actions showed “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions and the sentence was necessary to protect the public from her and to reflect the gravity of her crimes.
A former neonatal nurse has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at a hospital in northern England.
Justice James Goss of the Manchester Crown Court said that the number of killings and attempts and the nature of the murders by Lucy Letby, 33, provided the “exceptional circumstances” required to impose a so-called “whole-life order,” which is exceptionally rare.
Letby, who refused to appear in court to face grieving parents who spoke of their anger and anguish, was given the most severe sentence possible under British law, which does not allow the death penalty.
The victims, including two triplet boys, were killed in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between June 2015 and June 2016. The jury deliberated for 22 days before convicting Letby of the murders and attempted murders.
Justice Goss said that Letby’s actions showed “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions. He added that the sentence was necessary to protect the public from her and to reflect the gravity of her crimes.
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