‘I’m innocent,’ says Lucy Letby as she’s sentenced for trying to kill baby

Nurse who murdered children is given another life sentence for attempted killing

A court drawing of child murderer Lucy Letby. Photo: PA

Kim Pilling

Child serial killer Lucy Letby said “I’m innocent” as she was led from court after being sentenced to an additional whole-life order for the attempted murder of a baby girl.

Earlier this week, the 34-year-old former nurse was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of the attack on the newborn infant during a night shift in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in February 2016.