Major Lucy Letby decision to be made TODAY as prosecutors decide on retrial on killer nurse

A major decision will be made by prosecutors today on whether to seek a retrial for child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.

Letby, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after jurors convicted her of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. However, the jury in her trial at Manchester Crown Court was unable to reach verdicts last month on six counts of attempted murder in relation to five children.

Today (Monday, September 25), a hearing will take place at the same court when the Crown Prosecution Service will outline its intentions. Letby, from Hereford, denied all the offences and formally lodged an appeal against her conviction at the Court of Appeal earlier this month.

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The jury of seven women and four men in her trial could not reach verdicts on allegations that Letby attempted to murder three baby girls, known in court documents as Child H, Child J and Child K. She was cleared of two other counts of attempted murder.

The jury also decided it could not reach verdicts over two counts of attempted murder against Child N, a baby boy, and an allegation she tried to murder another male infant, Child Q. Letby was found guilty of one count of attempted murder against Child N.

The Countess of Chester Hospital saw a significant rise in the number of babies suffering serious and unexpected collapses in 2015 and 2016. Letby’s presence when collapses took place was first mentioned to senior management by the unit’s head consultant in