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In two cases, the victim died by insulin overdose, Letby herself admitted that the only possible explanation was foul play. That means there is a killer on the
by oxfordmale 3y ago
In two cases, the victim died by insulin overdose, Letby herself admitted that the only possible explanation was foul play. That means there is a killer on the ward. The police interviewed the other nurse on the shift, and she was cleared. Even if Letby gets acquitted from the other cases, her sentencing likely will not change.
One challenge for the defence was that there are few studies on injecting air in small babies for obvious reasons. Air embolisms are very painful, and such a study wouldn't pass ethics approval, let alone parental consent.
- YeGoblynQueenne 3y agoThose babies didn't die. Those were not murder accusations but attempted murder. To clarify. Lucy Letby was accused of deliberately administering a high dose of insulin to two babies, in an attempt to murder them. Those two babies were "Child F", and "Child L" for both of which she was charged , and convicted of attempted murder. My source for this information is this article in "Nursing Times": https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/breaking-lucy-letby-convicted-of-murdering-seven-babies-at-hospital-neonatal-unit-18-08-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/children/breaking-lucy-let...
- oxfordmale 3y agoThanks for correcting this mistake. My point is that the judge awarded her a life sentence on each of the cases: "on each of the seven offences of murder, and the seven offences of attempted murder, I sentence you to imprisonment for life." Even if the other cases turn out to be unsafe, she would still be imprisoned for life.