Convicted murderer and British nurse Lucy Letby will stand trial again over allegations she tried to kill a little girl while on duty in September 2016.
“We are disappointed with the CPS’s decision not to re-try all the cases,” Tamlin Bolton of Switalskis Solicitors, which is representing some of the affected families, told the Independent.
“We believe the families of the other alleged victims still have unanswered questions and deserve to know what happened to their children,” he added.
A British jury convicted Letby, 33, of killing seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Manchester, England, between 2015 and 2016. A jury convicted her after a 10-month trial and acquitted her of two other counts of attempted murder.
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This undated photo released by Cheshire Police Service shows nurse Lucy Letby. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)
Letby’s crimes are the worst case of a serial child killer in modern UK history, according to ABC News. She denied all wrongdoing and appealed her conviction earlier this month.
The Crown Prosecution Service – the British agency tasked with prosecuting criminals in England and Wales – announced on Monday that it would reopen the case for one of the six attempted murders.
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This court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook from August 10, 2023 shows nurse Lucy Letby, center, at Manchester Crown Court in Manchester, England. A neonatal nurse at a British hospital has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. Letby was charged with murder in the deaths of five boys and two girls and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 2015 and 2016. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
Letby attended the retrial hearing via video conference from Her Majesty’s New Hall Prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where she is serving a life sentence.
Jonathan Storer, prosecutor for Merseyside, told reporters the decision to retry one of the remaining cases was “extremely complex and difficult”.
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In this video provided by Cheshire Police, Lucy Letby, left, is questioned after her arrest on July 3, 2018 in Chester, England. Letby, a former nurse at the Countess of Cheshire Hospital, was convicted on August 18, 2023 of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others in the hospital’s neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016. (Leaflet photo by Cheshire Constabulary via Getty Images)
“Before reaching our conclusions, we listened carefully to the views of affected families, police and prosecutors,” explained Storer. “Many competing factors were considered, including the evidence heard by the court during the lengthy trial and its impact on our legal test to prosecute.
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“We have met with all the families affected by these decisions to explain how they were reached,” he added.
The BBC reported that the court has tentatively set a retrial date of June 10, 2024, and the case will last up to three weeks.
