The 33 year old was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Letby deliberately injected babies with air, force-fed others milk and poisoned two of the infants with insulin.
She refused to appear in the dock for her sentencing hearing. Letby will face the rest of her life behind bars, becoming only the fourth woman in UK history to receive such a sentence.
Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies: Former nurse will never be released from prison as judge describes ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’ »
‘Cruel, calculated’ Lucy Letby to spend rest of life in prison: Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who is the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, will spend the rest of her life behind bars. »
