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The Truth of Lucy Letby

Follow the trials of child serial killer Lucy Letby. The former neonatal nurse was convicted of killing and harming babies in her care at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Follow the trials of child serial killer Lucy Letby. The former neonatal nurse was convicted for killing and harming babies in her care.

Letby's arrest followed a painstaking investigation by Cheshire Police called 鈥淥peration Hummingbird鈥. The sole focus for the team was to investigate the alarming and unexplained rise in deaths and near-fatal collapses of premature babies in the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit.

In 2023 Letby was given multiple life sentences for murder and attempted murder, however a verdict could not be reached on the allegation involving an infant referred to as 'Baby K' and a retrial was ordered.

We bring you up-to-date on Letby and the trial of 'Baby K'.