By Emily Caulkett-
Lucy Letby, the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, has refused to attend her sentencing as she expects to face the rest of her life behind bars.
The evil nurse murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.
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She joins the list of the UK’s most evil child killers, including the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley and the so-called Angel of Death paediatric nurse Beverley Allitt.
Letby, 33, could be handed a whole-life order by judge Mr Justice Goss at Manchester Crown Court.
Nicholas Johnson KC, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court Letby’s offending was a “very, very clear case” for a whole-life tariff to be imposed.
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He said the murders qualified on a number of grounds, including that they were premeditated and they involved an elements of “sadistic conduct”.
Mr Johnson said there was also more than one victim and those victims were children.
The prosecutor opened his remarks by confirming that the defendant “has refused to come into court”
Following Letby’s conviction, the court has been hearing impact statements.
One impact victim statement: ‘I used to cry every day – did I fail my daughter?’
Returning to Manchester Crown Court where more harrowing victim impact statements are being read out.
The mother of one of the victims, Child D, said Letby was “clearly disconnected with god” and told of her heartbreak wondering if she had failed her daughter, Neil Johnston reports.
“Did I miss something, did I do something wrong, did I fail my daughter?
“I used to cry every day, I felt so empty. We wanted justice and that day has come.”
Another statement was read to the court by the father of Child G. Letby was convicted of two attempted murders of Child G.
Their daughter was the result of IVF, which had cost the family great expense abroad, with the parents initially fearing she had miscarried early on.
Child G was left disabled following the attacks – she is registered blind, nil by mouth (and is fed via a tube), and has progressive scoliosis which has caused her spine to curve.
It left her parents “afraid” and, as a result, they have not had any more children, and have not returned to use the remaining embryos left in an IVF clinic overseas.
“We were afraid of having another disabled baby,” he says in his statement.
Her mother finds it difficult to trust people who work in hospitals, but they need nurses to visit them every week to help support them.
He says: “What if Child G outlives us? Who will then care for her?
“Everything feels like a constant battle just to have the essential things that Child G needs during her daily life.”
He says his daughter will “never have a sleepover with a best friend, or go to high school and graduate. She will never have a first kiss, a boyfriend, or get married.
“She will always be in her chair.”
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