A British nurse who penned a note stating “I am evil” was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England.
Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of killing five baby boys and two baby girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital and attacking other newborns, often while she was working night shifts, in 2015 and 2016.
The jury was told she poisoned some of her infant victims by injecting them with insulin, while others were injected with air or force-fed milk, sometimes involving multiple attacks before they died.
“I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” said a handwritten note found by police officers searching her home after she was arrested. “I am a horrible evil person,” she wrote. “I AM EVIL, I DID THIS.”
Some of those she attacked were twins — in one case she murdered both siblings. She tried to kill one baby girl three times, before finally succeeding on the fourth attempt.
'I am evil': British nurse guilty of murdering seven newborn babies
Image: Cheshire Constabulary/Getty Images
A British nurse who penned a note stating “I am evil” was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England.
Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of killing five baby boys and two baby girls at the Countess of Chester Hospital and attacking other newborns, often while she was working night shifts, in 2015 and 2016.
The jury was told she poisoned some of her infant victims by injecting them with insulin, while others were injected with air or force-fed milk, sometimes involving multiple attacks before they died.
“I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them,” said a handwritten note found by police officers searching her home after she was arrested. “I am a horrible evil person,” she wrote. “I AM EVIL, I DID THIS.”
Some of those she attacked were twins — in one case she murdered both siblings. She tried to kill one baby girl three times, before finally succeeding on the fourth attempt.
“Lucy Letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies. Little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their midst,” said Pascale Jones, a senior prosecutor from the Crown Prosecution Service.
“She did her utmost to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in which she repeatedly harmed babies in her care.”
Reuters
READ MORE:
Jailing a mentally ill person is not rehabilitation, say experts after Lauren Dickason verdict
EDITORIAL | No justice until we address police capacity and skills
BOOK EXTRACT: Killer Cop — The Rosemary Ndlovu Story
Wearing uniforms of inmates or wardens in TikTok videos can lead to jail time, warns correctional services
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Most read
Latest Videos