The most brutal serial killer in the history of modern Britain: a nurse who killed babies was sentenced to life in prison

On Monday, August 21, a sentence was passed in Manchester for former nurse Lucy Letby, who a few days ago the jury found guilty of the deliberate murder of seven babies. In addition, Letby attempted the lives of several more newborns. The judge sentenced the child murderer to life imprisonment. This is the highest penalty in the UK.

Reading out the verdict, the judge emphasized that Lucy Letby identifiedmorbid delightseriously ill children and inflicted on themacute painat a time when they were desperately fighting for their lives.

As the mother of one of the murdered babies told reporters, “God saved our baby from death, but the devil found him“.

The judge stressed that “took their beloved children from their parents“.

Lucy became the most brutal serial killer in modern British history.

Meanwhile, she refused to be present in the courtroom on the day of the verdict. This caused an uproar in the community. Prime Minister

UK Rishi Sunak called Letby’s decisionthe last crime of a coward“.

The judge, reading the verdict, behaved as if the killer was sitting in the hall. He addressed the empty chair:You have acted in a way that is completely contrary to the normal human instincts for raising and caring for babies. You have grossly violated the trust that all citizens have in those who work in the field of medicine and newborn care.”

“The babies you have horribly harmed were born prematurely, and some of them risked not surviving, but in each case you deliberately sought to kill them.“, - said the judge.

Lucy Letby, 33, became the fourth woman in British history to be sentenced to life in prison. Three of her predecessors were also serial killers.

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