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Person: Lucy Letby

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Child serial killer Lucy Letby: In August 2023, Letby, 34, of Hereford, was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. </p>

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A campaign to free killer nurse Lucy Letby is gaining momentum
Is Letby, a former neo-natal nurse who is serving a whole of life prison sentence in the UK, a victim of a miscarriage of justice?
<p>Readers in Britain have been banned from internet access to a forensic piece of research challenging the Lucy Letby verdict, published in the 'New Yorker' magazine. Picture: Yui Mok/PA</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Blocking the Internet hinders open justice
<p>In 2008, nurse Colin Norris was found guilty of killing four patients in Leeds with lethal doses of insulin. Although a 2013 case review upheld the conviction, Norris is appealing the verdict. 	<span class="contextmenu emphasis CaptionCredit">Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA</span>
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Lucy Letby’s lawyer calls her a ‘dedicated’ nurse and says case is not a ‘done deal’
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