Lucy Letby faces life in prison as sentencing hearing set to start – live updates

Neonatal nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more

Lucy Letby, the worst child serial killer in modern British history, faces spending the rest of her days in prison when she is sentenced later today for murdering seven babies and making seven more attempts to murder children at the Countess of Chester hospital.

The former neonatal nurse would become only the third woman to be given a whole-life order should the judge pass such a sentence, as has been suggested, at the hearing at Manchester crown court.

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