Letby ‘hurt’ and ‘distressed’ after doctors called her ‘murderer’, inquiry told

Lucy Letby said she was ‘hurt’ and ‘distressed’ after learning doctors called her a ‘murderer’ and ‘angel of death’ (Cheshire Constabulary/PA)

Lucy Letby complained she was “hurt” and “distressed” that doctors publicly referred to her as “angel of death” and “murderer” in the months after she was removed from caring for newborn babies, an inquiry has heard.

The child serial killer nurse was switched from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in July 2016 to clerical duties after consultant paediatricians told management they feared she was harming patients.