Lucy Letby parents: Meet John Letby and Susan Letby

Lucy Letby, a British serial murderer and former neonatal nurse, was born on 4 January 1990.

Between June 2015 and June 2016, she attacked at least thirteen infants under her care, killing seven of them.

Letby, a newborn nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester where child deaths were disproportionately common, was detained in July 2018. She had worked there since 2011.

She was arrested again in connection with other infant deaths at the hospital in June 2019 and again in November 2020 after being freed on bail.

She was charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder the day after her last arrest.

Letby was found guilty of murdering seven newborns and attempting to murder six more over the 12-month period after her trial, which spanned from October 2022 to August 2023.

Letby’s techniques included overfeeding, physically abusing, and injecting her victims with air or insulin.

The most prolific child serial killer in contemporary British history is Letby. She received a life sentence with a whole life order in August 2023.

 Letby was born to Susan Letby, who is a 29-year-old accounts clerk, and John Letby, a 44-year-old furniture maker.

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