British murder nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal for attempted infanticide

LONDON – British killer nurse Lucy Letby lost her bid on Thursday to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a girl in her care.

Letby, 34, is serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of release after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in North West between June 2015 and June 2016 -England.

Her lawyer argued that her retrial in July, on charges of attempted murder of a child identified by the court in February 2016 as Child K, should not have gone ahead because it was overshadowed by “overwhelming and irreparable prejudice” from the coverage of her first trial in 2016. 2023.

The retrial took place after jurors at Manchester Crown Court failed to reach a verdict on the charges involving Child K.

Letby, who testified that she has never harmed a child, has continued to proclaim her innocence. She watched the hearing via video link from prison and showed no emotion when judges rejected her petition to appeal.

The court issued a similar decision in May in an attempt to appeal her multiple previous convictions.

The ruling comes as an investigation continues into the hospital’s failure to recognize why babies died in the neonatal unit and to stop Letby earlier.