Nurse Accused of Killing 7 Babies and Attempting to Kill 10 More at U.K. Hospital

A British nurse on trial in the deaths of seven babies has been accused of being a “poisoner.”

Lucy Letby, 32, appeared in Manchester Crown Court on Monday, October 10, 2022, and pleaded not guilty to the murders of five boys and two girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

Lucy Letby also denied ten other charges of attempted murder while caring for infants in the hospital’s neonatal unit, according to the BBC.

Attorney Nick Johnson, speaking for the prosecution on Monday, stated that the child deaths at the hospital’s neo-natal unit were statistically comparable to other units in the United Kingdom before January 2015, according to The Independent.

According to a statement from the Cheshire Police Department, Letby was first arrested on suspicion of committing the crimes in 2018.

She was “subsequently bailed pending further investigations.” According to the BBC, Letby’s trial could last up to six months.