The former nurse has been interviewed by police as part of an investigation over deaths at and non-fatal collapses
Lucy Letby has been interviewed by police in prison under caution regarding more baby deaths. Cheshire Police said it had “recently” spoken to the former nurse as part of an investigation over deaths, and non-fatal collapses at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the Countess of Chester.
The 34-year-old, from Hereford, is currently serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016.
According to reports, it is understood Letby has not quizzed over the deaths at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Letby previously worked at the Liverpool hospital for 30 shifts on two placements between 2012 and 2015.
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A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: “We can confirm that, following agreement, Lucy Letby has recently been interviewed in prison under caution in relation to the ongoing investigation into baby deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Further updates will follow at the appropriate time.”
On Tuesday, December 3 the public inquiry heard Lucy Letby was the “face” of a fundraising appeal to replace the hospital neonatal unit where she murdered seven babies. The killer nurse featured prominently on leaflets and posters for the Countess of Chester Hospital’s multi-million-pound Babygrow Appeal, which was launched in 2013.
Letby also provided a staff profile printed in the Chester Standard in the early weeks of the campaign and two years later was pictured in the same newspaper with colleagues in August 2015 as they celebrated reaching the halfway target mark for the new, larger unit.
Giving evidence on Tuesday at the Thirlwall Inquiry into events surrounding Letby’s crimes, the hospital’s former chief financial officer Simon Holden said: “There was various promotional material and leaflets and posters, and Lucy Letby appeared on quite a few of those. Nurse Letby was the face of that appeal in effect.”
Letby was moved from the unit in July 2016 to an administrative role at the hospital after consultant paediatricians voiced fears she may have deliberately harmed infants in the wake of the deaths of two triplet boys. Mr Holden recalled that conversations about the charity appeal followed in meetings with hospital executives but he said Letby’s name did not come up.
He said: “To be quite honest I didn’t know who Lucy Letby was so I wouldn’t put the face with the name at the time. I had only just arrived in a trust that employed 6,000 people. I think what was relevant was the neonatal appeal was definitely a consideration discussed, what do we do? Do we pause it? Do we keep it going?”
He said it later became apparent that all the promotional documentation “had Lucy Letby’s picture on it”.
