Chester hospital and attempting to murder six more. She was acquitted of two charges, and on further charges the jury told the judge in the last few hours they were unable to reach a verdict, so the Crown Prosecution Service has said they will take 28 days to decide whether or not to seek a retrial on those charges that they have been unable to decide. You have heard it here on bbc news in the last few hours reaction from across the board to what has been a terrifying and traumatic trial for the families, who have had to go back and listen to evidence about their childrens deaths, about their childrens murders, who have had to relive some of the darkest moments in their lives, and many of the statements we have been hearing on the court steps here from the police, from the Crown Prosecution Service and from the family Liaison Officer who was speaking in behalf of all of those families affected have really focused on the impact that it has had on the parents who have lost their children
after she stopped working as a nurse that the police became involved. after her arrest, officers found all sorts of items in her bedroom. babies medical records, her diary, and notes covered in letby s scrawl, with phrases including, i am evil. i did this. she is a killer, and using her words, she is evil. you have spent time interviewing her, and watching her in court as well, giving evidence. what did you make of her? i think she is very emotionless. she doesn t respond to a typical human response that i would have expected. there was no empathy or sympathy with what has gone on at all. there are people who look at her and say, there is no way she can have done this. it is circumstantial evidence, she looks as though butter wouldn t melt. it is an example to us all of not judging a book by its cover. we have got to accept