3 September 2023
By Daeun Lee
A British nurse; Lucy Letby, 33 years 33-year-old woman, had a lifelong sentence from Manchester Crown Court in northern England. For murdering seven babies; two female infants and five premature boys, and attempting to murder six more babies.
Letby murders babies in the following steps; administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, and physically assaulting and poisoning them with insulin, which may cause severe hypos and possibly death. Taking place at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
Later, it was noticed by doctors who took it odd in the number of babies who were dying or unexpectedly collapsing in the neonatal unit. She was confirmed of her murders on the 18th of August. Judge added “This was a cruel, calculated, and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children''. On the other hand, parents of several babies who survived Letby’s attacks said their children now require continuous lookout.
After several cases of her attempted murders were revealed, the police found a series of her hand-written notes possibly indicating the redemption of those brutal murders. “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them”. Moreover, she had written “I am evil I did this,” in capital letters.