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Newshour: 21/08/2023 20:06 GMT: UK serial killer nurse gets whole life sentence

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UK serial killer nurse gets whole life sentence

21/08/2023 20:06 GMT

21/08/2023 20:06 GMT: UK serial killer nurse gets whole life sentence

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Lucy Letby receives a rare sentence from a UK court

A nurse who is Britain’s worst child serial killer has been given a rare Whole Life Order which means she’ll spend the rest of her life in jail. Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Letby deliberately injected babies with air, force fed others milk and poisoned two of the infants with insulin.

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(Photo: Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Judge Mr Justice Goss addressing the dock containing two dock offices beside empty seats during the sentencing of nurse Lucy Letby at Manchester Crown Court. Credit:  Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)

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