A nurse accused of multiple murders and attempted murders of babies has entered the witness box for the first time during her trial.
Lucy Letby was today questioned in court, seven months on from the start of proceedings at Manchester Crown Court. The 33-year-old is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June 2016.
Letby, from Hereford, denies all the allegations. It is alleged that Letby used various means to target the infants, including injections of air into their system and insulin poisoning.
The prosecution says the nurse was a “constant malevolent presence” in their care at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community On Tuesday morning (May 2), Letby, wearing a black top and black trousers, walked from the dock and across the courtroom to answer the allegations as her defence case started.