who is lucy letby

Lucy Letby is a British former neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering multiple newborn babies and attempting to murder others while working at a hospital in England between 2015 and 2016.

Who is Lucy Letby?

• Lucy Letby was born on 4 January 1990 and worked as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, UK.

• She joined the hospital’s neonatal unit around 2011 and was considered a normal, dedicated nurse by many colleagues before concerns arose.

What was she convicted of?

• In August 2023, a jury found her guilty of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder several others in the neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

• She faced 22 charges in total; she was convicted on 15 counts at the original trial, with further conviction for the attempted murder of a baby known as Child K after a retrial in July 2024.

How was she sentenced?

• On 21 August 2023, Letby received a whole life order, meaning she will spend the rest of her life in prison with no possibility of parole, one of the harshest sentences under English law.

• By July 2024 she had been handed a total of 15 life sentences covering the murder and attempted murder counts.

Where is she now and latest developments

• Letby is currently imprisoned at HMP Low Newton, a high‑security women’s prison in Durham that houses some of the UK’s most serious offenders.

• Inquests into the deaths of some of the babies have continued, and public discussion has intensified again in early 2026 with new coverage and documentary material examining the case and debates over the evidence.

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