Breathing tubes dislodged during Lucy Letby shifts prior to killings, probe told

The Thirlwall Inquiry is examining how the 34-year-old was able to murder seven babies and attempt to murder others from June 2015 to June 2016

The hearings into the murders and attempted murders of babies by nurse Lucy Letby are taking place at Liverpool Town Hall (PA)

Breathing tubes became dislodged on 40% of shifts that Lucy Letby worked as a trainee nurse in Liverpool before she went on her killing spree at the Countess of Chester Hospital, a public inquiry has heard.

Letby, 34, is understood to have completed two work placements at Liverpool Women’s Hospital between October and December 2012, and January and February 2015.