Lucy Letby is sentenced to a whole-life term after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the Countess of Chester's neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
Powerful statements rea din court - as mother describes hospital experience as 'like a horror story'
Another woman whose two children E and F were attacked by Letby said they were born after painful rounds of IVF."No children in the world were more wanted than them," she added. "Your lives were and will remain transformed by these events. Your behaviour and dignity has been of the highest, which I sincerely acknowledge with admiration and gratitude.""You will spend the rest of your life in prison," the judge concludes.Letby was given a whole-life order for every offence - 14 in total.Lucy Letby has been sentenced to the rest of her life in prison, receiving a whole-life order.
"The horror of the consequences of your actions... were vividly described by clinicians," says Mr Justice Goss, speaking about the first triplet murder, the death of Child O."His father remembered him struggling for his life like his brother," Mr Goss adds.Judge describes 'harrowing' deaths "On occasions, you cruelly and callously made inappropriate remarks to some of the grieving parents.""I am satisfied you starting to keep these documents after those initial offences in June 2015 as morbid records of the dreadful events surrounding the collapse of your victims and what you had done to them."
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