A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies
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A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies

Associated Press  

LONDON — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents. Following 22 days of deliberation, the jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted 33-year-old Lucy Letby of killing the babies, including two triplet boys, in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between June 2015 and June 2016. Many surviving children live with permanent consequences of her assaults upon their lives.” Her attacks, Jones said, were “a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her.” Families of the victims said they will “forever be grateful” to jurors who since last October had to sit through 145 days of “grueling” evidence. “The last thing we expected to find was a suspect responsible for these deaths and non-fatal collapses,” said the senior investigating officer, Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes. During the trial, the defense argued that she was a “hard-working, dedicated and caring” nurse who loved her job and that the infants’ sudden collapses and deaths could have been due to natural causes, or in combination with other factors such as staffing shortages at the hospital or failure by others to provide appropriate care.

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Lucy Letby was on duty for all but one of 13 baby deaths in one year
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UK police question killer nurse Letby over further baby deaths
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