Lucy Letby has become the fourth woman in the UK to get a whole-life order after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more.
- the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history - will die behind bars after receiving a whole-life order, with no chance of parole, for each of the offences for which she was found guilty.
Whole-life orders are the most severe punishment available in the country's criminal justice system and are reserved for those who commit the most heinous crimes. The sentencing delivered on Monday made her only the fourth woman in the UK to face life locked up - but who are the other three?'A cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder': Killer nurse Lucy Letby to die behind barsRose West and her husband, Fred West, raped, tortured and murdered an unknown number of people.When police were led to the couple's "house of horror", they uncovered nine girls' bodies. Three more bodies were found at a later date.
They were convicted of the murders of Lesley Ann Downey, aged 10, in 1964, and Edward Evans, aged 17, in 1965. Brady was also convicted of the murder of John Kilbride, 12, and Hindley was found guilty of being an accessory.The bodies were buried on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester, resulting in the killings being titled "Moors murders".
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