Letby told colleague ‘I can’t wait for my first death’, inquiry hears

Nurse ZC said she thought at the time that Letby was trying to make conversation on her first day of work and did not believe it was said with “sinister intent”

The Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester where Lucy Letby worked (Peter Byrne/PA)

Lucy Letby told a colleague on her first day of employment at the Countess of Chester Hospital that she “couldn’t wait for my first death”, the public inquiry over her crimes has been told.

The Thirlwall Inquiry heard the remark was made in January 2012, more than three years before she began her year-long attack spree in which she murderered seven babies and attempted to murder seven others at the neonatal unit.