• ‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss

    ‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss
    The murderer would not appear in the dock, as families told of lives turned upside down by horror and griefTheir words were delivered through tears and trembling hands to a courtroom that, for 10 long months, had choked back the trauma of these horrors. This was the first time the parents of Lucy Letby’s victims had been able to express their grief.The details were harrowing. A triplet boy, now seven, who asks his parents what happened to his two murdered brothers. The mother who, desperat
  • Murderers like Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman may be attracted by caring roles | Letters

    Murderers like Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman may be attracted by caring roles | Letters
    Dr Chris Clough and David Canter on people with psychopathic traits The common theme of the murders committed by Lucy Letby, Beverley Allitt and Harold Shipman is the failure of colleagues to consider that someone in the caring profession could act with malice towards patients in their care (Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, 18 August).Perhaps we should consider the contrary – that people with psychopathic traits would preferentially join these pr
  • Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies

    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’Lucy Letby sentencing – latest updatesThe serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will never be released from prison after a judge sentenced her to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murder of seven babies.Letby, 33, is one of only three women alive to have been given such a jail term in the UK. She was sentenced at Manchester crown court on Monday. Continue readin
  • Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies

    Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies
    Former nurse will never be released from prison after becoming only third woman alive to be given such sentence in UKLucy Letby sentencing – latest updatesThe serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will never be released from prison after a judge sentenced her to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murder of seven babies.Letby, 33, is only the third woman alive to be given the jail term in the UK. She was sentenced at Manchester crown court on Monday. Continue reading...
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