British Nurse Lucy Letby 'Likely' Killed More Babies than She Was Accused of Murdering, Doctor Tells Court

Mar. 15, 2025

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The former nurse was sentenced tolife in prisonand is considered one of the most prolific child killers in United Kingdom history.

“If we had a thermostat for the level of work and number of events that we can’t quite understand, I think it was turned up over those years,” he said, per theTimes. “So our perception of what is normal for a neonatal unit in terms of number of collapses you might expect in a week, a month, or a year had changed.”

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