Lucy Letby: Ten Months in a Manchester Courtroom — Chapter 3

October 2022 to August 2023. One of the longest murder trials in British history. A jury of twelve people tasked with deciding whether a neonatal nurse had murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven more. No forensic evidence. No eyewitnesses. No DNA. Just medical records, staffing data, expert interpretation, and handwritten notes found in the defendant's home.

The prosecution opened with a green Post-It note displayed on screens: I AM EVIL I DID THIS. The staffing chart followed, showing Letby's presence during every incident. Medical expert Dr. Dewi Evans told the jury the clinical events were consistent with deliberate harm. Over 250 confidential nursing handover sheets found at Letby's home were presented as evidence of fixation with the victims.

Letby took the stand after seven months and denied everything. Her defense team cross-examined the prosecution's experts but did not call their own independent medical witness. That choice would be scrutinized intensely after the verdict.

On August 18, 2023, the jury convicted Letby of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others, including two attempts on one child. They could not agree on six additional counts. She was sentenced to fourteen whole-life orders. A 2024 retrial added a fifteenth.

Part three of five. What the jury saw. What they didn't. And the verdict that would soon become the most debated in British criminal justice.

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