Child killer Lucy Letby screams ‘I am innocent’ after receiving ANOTHER life sentence for trying to murder little girl

MURDERER NURSE Lucy Letby screamed “I am innocent” today after she was handed ANOTHER life sentence for attempting to murder a little girl.

Letby, 34, became Britain’s most notorious child killer, killing seven people baby during a year-long period of terror.

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The evil nurse also tried to kill six other people in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Letby was sentenced to life in prison today for the attempted murder of a little girl following a retrial.

He is already serving a life sentence, which means he will never be released.

Despite missing the previous sentencing hearing, Letby appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court today, where she was led from the courtroom and pleaded: “I am innocent.”

In a moving victim impact statement, Baby K’s mother said the day her daughter died her world “fell apart”.

She said police contacted her in 2017 to inform the family that the child’s death was under investigation.

The mum said she wondered “how could we have allowed this to happen to her?” and described the horror as “unthinkable”.

She also criticised Letby for forcing the family through two trials, saying: “The shock of Baby K’s death, the six-year wait for the first trial, the eight-month trial, the verdict and then being told we were going through it all over again – it was all heartbreaking, but our little girl needs a voice, we had to do this, we had no choice.

“Little K is gone, he never will be, we will never have what would give us peace, closure and the feeling of being a complete family.

“But you, Lucy Letby, will never hurt another child, and you will never know the privilege and joy that children bring.”

The monster attacked Baby K, ripping out his endotracheal tube less than two hours after he was born.

The baby girl was born “very prematurely” on February 17, 2016, weighing just 1 pound 80 ounces.

Horrifyingly, Letby was caught “virtually red-handed” while trying to murder the child, who was described as “the epitome of fragility”.

The senior consultant paediatrician saw the nurse standing over the cot ‘doing nothing’ as Baby K’s blood oxygen levels dropped.

Baby K was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where she sadly died three days later – but prosecutors do not believe the nurse was responsible for her death.

The child’s mother tearfully told the court how her child died in her husband’s arms after what happened.

Recalling how she had the “strangest feeling” that something was wrong, she added: “The doctor confirmed the worst. I asked if this was just a waiting game or if she would get better.

“We talked for a long time and she said that what happens next depends solely on us.

“I remember telling the doctor that she had been pricked and probed from the moment she was born. Her tiny, delicate body had swollen so badly that we didn’t want her to suffer any longer.

“We didn’t want the alarms on the machines telling us we’d lost our daughter. We didn’t want to drag this out any longer.

“We made the decision together to turn off the machines and let her go. It was definitely the hardest decision of my life.

“One of the staff members led us to the family room, where it was peaceful and quiet. Our daughter was wrapped in a blanket and wearing a little hat. Our daughter was in my husband’s arms when she took her last breath and quietly passed away.”

More than two years later, Letby continued his search Facebook in the case of the name Baby K – the monster had a similar pattern of behavior.

Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC said: “The truth is that Lucy Letby she was fascinated by the children she murdered or attempted to murder, and their families.

“She took pleasure in her murderous work.”

However, Letby repeated lie after lie during her testimony, claiming she had no memory of the shocking events.

She continued to maintain her innocence of her previous gruesome crimes.

The nurse who tried to get the case dismissed also stated that she was “not a person who kills children.”

Letby became only the fourth woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment, after Rose West, Joanna Dennehy and Myra Hindley, when she was convicted in August last year.

She was convicted of seven murders after a nine-month trial and 22 days of jury deliberations.

Letby was also found guilty of attempting to murder another six children during a year-long killing spree.

The monster used insulin and air to inject newborns while working in the neonatal ward.

The children’s falls and deaths were not “naturally occurring tragedies” but the macabre work of “poisoner” Letby.

Her madness finally came to light when staff became suspicious of a “significant increase” in the number of children dying or suffering “catastrophic” collapses.

Letby turned out to be the “common denominator” in these horrific incidents.

Officers then searched her three-bedroom home in Chester and discovered horrific evidence.

The nurse left disturbing notes in diaries and on Post-it notes, including one that read: “I am bad, I did this.”

The note added: “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to take care of them.

“I am a terrible person.”

An investigation is ongoing into whether Letby harmed other children at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

An investigation into corporate murder is also ongoing.

Senior Crown Prosecutor Nicola Wyn Williams, of CPS Mersey Cheshire’s Complex Casework Unit, said: “Lucy Letby has been convicted of another horrific crime – the attempted murder of another child.

“This was an incredibly difficult, complex and disturbing case. A trained nurse, tasked with caring for the most vulnerable children, used her skills and craft to become a killer.

“She stood by as the parent of children she had killed or tried to kill, grieved, and pretended to try to comfort them, all the while knowing she was responsible.

“The prosecution team was unable to comprehend the cruelty of her actions, which devastated the lives of these children’s families.

“We still have no idea why she committed these offences. But the Crown Prosecution Service does not have to prove motive, we simply have to prove the defendant committed the offence.

“Two independent juries found her guilty and the verdict means she will never be released.

“We know this is of little comfort to the families and our thoughts are with them all today.”

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