Lucy Letby, Britain's most prolific child murderer, not in dock for sentencing hearing

Lucy Letby on the day of her arrest (Cheshire Constabulary/PA)

Serial child murderer Lucy Letby has refused to appear for her sentencing hearing as she faces spending the rest of her life in prison.

Letby, the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, faces a whole life order when Mr Justice Goss hands down her sentence at Manchester Crown Court later.