Parents of babies murdered by former hospital nurse say critics using families’ losses to build their own reputations
An area of the Countess of Chester hospital's neonatal unit, where Lucy Letby was a nurse from 2015 to 2016.An area of the Countess of Chester hospital's neonatal unit, where Lucy Letby was a nurse from 2015 to 2016.Letby, 34, was sentenced to 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.
At the inquiry on Thursday, Richard Baker KC, a barrister speaking on behalf of the parents of Children C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, O, P and R, five of whom were murdered by Letby, said: “Everybody who recklessly promotes conspiracy theories, or who parrots them without questioning the same tired misconceptions about this case, should be ashamed of themselves.
“The trial was overseen by an experienced high court judge and reviewed comprehensively with care by the court of appeal. “In the meantime, the families, a jury, the judge, the court of appeal and even the team who represented Letby at trial must remain silent while others use the losses suffered by those families as currency to build their own reputations.”
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