SHE seemed like the perfect person to care for the most vulnerable of patients – quiet, calm and gentle – the kind of nurse who would go above and beyond to treat the tiny babies in her care. But a trial playing out in the Manchester Crown Court paints a disturbing picture of a young woman who, if the prosecution is to be believed, is more mass murderer than modern-day Florence Nightingale.
Lucy Letby is accused of being “a constant malevolent presence” in the corridors and wards of the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England.
The seemingly benign 32-year-old is alleged to have gone on a year-long killing spree in which seven premature babies died horrible deaths and 10 more
