Corporate manslaughter probe following Lucy Letby murder convictions

On Wednesday, Cheshire Constabulary said the force is carrying out an investigation into corporate manslaughter at the hospital

Cheshire Constabulary said it is carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the Countess of Chester Hospital following Lucy Letby’s murder convictions (Cheshire Constabulary/PA)

A corporate manslaughter investigation has begun following UK nurse Lucy Letby’s murder convictions.

Letby, 33, was sentenced to a whole life order after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in the UK in 2015 and 2016.