Lucy Letby and her alleged confession
On one green Post-it note, which was shown to the court, she had written: "I don't deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them."
She also wrote: "I am a horrible evil person" and: "I AM EVIL I DID THIS".
Letby is accused of murdering and attempting to kill babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital where she worked
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Her defence barrister said she was "adamant" she had not harmed any children and said the note was written by an "anguished woman in despair" who was realising the enormity of what is facing her. It said that the note was written when Letby was facing disciplinary proceedings at work.
A line in the note, which was shown to the court, said Letby has an "overwhelming fear... I'll never have children or marry... I will never know what it's like to have a family... despair."
Ben Myers KC, defending Letby, said that the note "does not accurately reflect" what had happened, but was written by Letby as she "poured her feelings onto paper as a way of coping".
He blamed "inadequate" standards of care at the Countess of Chester Hospital and said at least one of the deaths was an "inevitable" outcome given the child's prematurity.
In the case of Child J, who was born with a perforated and necrotic bowel, he said that the hospital was "well out of its depth" when it came to treating the infant.
He concluded his opening statement by saying: "This whole case is a complex case, it is not straightforward. And in that dock is a young woman who says this is not her fault."
The children and their families are not being named by the media and are referred as Children A to Q.
Child P was one of two triplets the prosecution claims were killed by Letby. Their brother survived because he was in another room.
A day after Child P died, Child Q was attacked by Letby, the prosecution said.
Mr Johnson said Letby falsified medical records to give herself an alibi at the time of Child Q's sudden collapse.
Apart from three days the following week, this was to be the last time Letby would work at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Doctors grew suspicious about 'cold-blooded' Letby
"Cold-blooded" Letby tried to kill one "resilient" girl four times "before succeeding", the court was told.
The nurse was also questioned by police about why she had sent a sympathy card to the baby's parents.
By April 2016, consultants at the hospital had grown suspicious of Letby - moving her off night shifts because of concerns about the "correlation between her presence and unexpected deaths/life-threatening episodes".
One consultant began to feel "uncomfortable" when he realised Letby was alone with a child. When he walked into the room, he noted that the infant's breathing tube was dislodged.
"We alleged she was trying to kill Child K when the paediatric consultant walked in on her," Mr Johnson told the court.
The trial continues.
Reader Comments
Also the lack of screening, of a person that is allowed to give care to another safely, with consciousness, empathy and compassion. All that has happened in the ideology of healthcare for the past 2.5 years or so, seems like a tragedy waiting to happen.
Then again, she could be different, those without consciousness for the suffering of others, sad thing is she looks so normal, whatever that means, it is only that inner landscape of an individual that can determine the reality in which they live.
My first reaction reading the above, the way it is written, it reminded me of Gaslighting.
I see no reason to believe the above article and trail evidence to be true. No smoking gun, no mention of anyone catching her in the act, no direct chain to the cause of these death's other than they said the deaths correlated when she was working. Who else was working the same shifts? No mention above. Too many questions for me, to few answers above. Like how did all the babies die? What time periods did these so called crimes occur over?
Scape goat? I don't know. But what I do know and have seen video's of, is people dropping dead all over the place, yet know agency of repute can take the time to correlate those deaths with what's happened in the last 2.5 years.
If this is the true evidence and I was on the jury, I'd be the one voting for her not guilty.
Sad a pretty face looks like a normal young woman and physicians where alert to her actions
By April 2016, consultants at the hospital had grown suspicious of Letby - moving her off night shifts because of concerns about the "correlation between her presence and unexpected deaths/life-threatening episodes".
i understand, the better one looks in physical appeal, that person is more believable and plausible.Look no further than our politicians
I don't need her picture. That statement is just a statement and not proof of anything. Show me proof, show me evidence. Oh yeah, her letter, did they also provide proof it was her handwriting in the article? Nope. Physicians were alert to what actions?
Like I said all I read above was accusations by the establishment. Show me more proof. how about the whole transcript of the trial thus far. Maybe then I could decide.
What they look like makes no difference to me, what they really did does. This article basically says nothing, hence it's divisive. Heaven forbid you sit on any jury if all it takes is the crap like above to convict and pass judgement.
The main thing to remember is whites are now baby killers etc etc...every white nurse could be a child killer....
But remember the nurse accused of killing elderly at Stepping Hill? She was WRONGLY ACCUSED but her life ruined was worth it. Smears and Stearing narratives
This is the English government/media desperate to get the non-whites "primed" and suspicious.
100%
Her letter is quite vilifying actually & an admission. She admits killing the children, being evil and not being worthy of life. She seems a bit unhinged. Correlation does not equal causation but it certainly leads one in a direction. If a preponderance of children in her care at night passed away by seemingly erroneous or instantaneous or unexplained reasons, then yes she becomes a suspect. Walking in on a nurse holding a sick child with a dislodged breathing tube who can’t breathe without said breathing tube would be cause for concern, no?
I’m not sure why her attractiveness nor whiteness has been brought into the discussion. There’s absolutely zero reason “not” to believe the letter was written by her. I don’t think her lawyer is denying she wrote it, so why would you?
The evidence in the article is lacking. No details. A letter is just words on paper that said: Pretty much the only thing mentioned about here defense, the rest is all accusations.
So to be clear, my point is that the article is lame and presents sensationalism, a take away from all the people dropping dead now a days. We are in a war with our masters and they truly wish to control how we think, never forget that.
Gaslighting someone would also cause someone to write such stuff. Innocent until proven guilty.
When it comes to innocence's, especially in todays age and times, it's always best to be more certain than ever and less quick to judgement, something clearly lacking in todays society.
Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone. If that sounds too preachy, then know this, whenever you point your finger at someone, always remember that there are 3 fingers pointed back at you.
Have a great weekend!
Like you, innocent until proven guilty. And while that post-it is damning, it is not actually evidence of anything other than what her lawyer states. And so far, each instance of a baby's death they gave as example sounded like complex medical cases with high mortality chances to begin with.
My wife watches crime shows every night and has for a decade, and this sounds a lot like a witch hunt due to the possible truth being more horrific for the community than the idea that one horrible nurse might be a serial killer.