The Lucy Letby case

Goodness this does sound horrific


Breaking news just now.....


Woman arrested in Countess of Chester Hospital baby deaths probe

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-44696813

Good grief. 

Reminders of the Beverley Allitt case in the early 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Allitt

The healthcare worker is a nurse and 28 years old.....


Nurse Lucy Letby arrested over Chester Hospital baby deaths



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-44709766

I really don't think that suspects should be named before (and unless) they are charged.

I thought there were legal restrictions in that respect but obviously there is a way round them.

Freedom wrote:I really don't think that suspects should be named before (and unless) they are charged.

I thought there were legal restrictions in that respect but obviously there is a way round them.

It seems the neighbours informed the press of the name, the police would not say or confirm.  The enquiry has now widened to a second hospital in Liverpool



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Cheshire police would not confirm the name of the suspect, however Letby was identified by neighbours in Chester on Tuesday. Police said the woman was arrested that morning and taken into custody.



https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/04/cheshire-baby-deaths-nurse-questioned-suspicion-murder-lucy-letby

So it must be legal for the media to publish names found out from sources other than the police.

Freedom wrote:So it must be legal for the media to publish names found out from sources other than the police.

Have they named the suspect? Or have they merely named the nurse who happens to live in the house that the police are investigating as part of that enquiry?

The article I read merely stated that a neighbour said that nurse B. Edpan (name changed!) lived at that house.

The BBC link definitely names Nurse Edpan (!) as the person arrested.

Freedom wrote:The BBC link definitely names Nurse Edpan (!) as the person arrested.

Eh this is the link I put up a few posts ago....   Lucy Letby

Have they changed the name then?


Nurse Lucy Letby arrested over Chester Hospital baby deaths

See mumof6's post!

Freedom wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nurse-29-is-re-arrested-by-police-on-suspicion-of-murdering-eight-babies-and-attempted-murder-of-nine-more-at-hospitals-neo-natal-unit/ar-AACEMkM?MSCC=1560172886&ocid=spartanntp

She looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Can anyone tell me why journalists always feel the need to tell us the value of a subject's home? What relevance does it have?

Yes, that is one of the mysteries of journalism!

She has finally been charged.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8941335/Childrens-nurse-30-charged-murdering-eight-babies-trying-murder-10-more.html?ito=push-notification&ci=50483&si=20501271

I was wondering what was happening here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61759823

Freedom wrote:I was wondering what was happening here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61759823

A not guilty on one charge which suggests some one else , if its natural , charges would be dropped not recorded as not guilty surely.

The trial is under way.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11302939/Mother-newborn-twin-interrupted-Lucy-Letby-process-killing-him.html

It seems to have been going on for ever!

https://news.sky.com/story/nurse-lucy-letby-found-guilty-of-murdering-seven-babies-on-neonatal-unit-12919516