There are four families who havent had verdict delivered on what happened to their children, so that is something of course that the Crown Prosecution Service will be taking into account. Of course many questions about how a nurse working on a Neonatal Ward, an ordinary woman in her 20s, a woman who the jury woman in her 20s, a woman who the jury he heard repeatedly from seeing her messages, seeing her social media posts, was living what would appear to be an extremely normal life, was going on holiday, drinking with herfriends, spending time with her pets, and yet when she was on the ward, when she was at work, we know now that she was essentially killing children in her care, in some cases she used doses of insulin which she would inject into the baby so bodies, in some cases she would overfeed them with milk or liquids, and one thing which was described by the prosecution chillingly as her favourite way to kill children was administration of air, an injection of air into the bodies
not just trial that demanded a lot of them, notjust in terms of detail, but also getting to grips some of the theories at play in the trial. it is a culmination of so much work on behalf of the police, crown prosecution service service and trial process. 110 hours, thejury have been in the room discussing this case at manchester crown court. we are bringing continuing reaction this morning because there are so many ongoing questions. in particular this investigation operation by cheshire police hummingbird, it has widened and will look at more of lucy letby s nursing career. look at more of lucy letby s nursing career. , , , ., career. given the severity of the offences. career. given the severity of the offences. the career. given the severity of the offences, the police career. given the severity of the offences, the police decided - career. given the severity of the offences, the police decided to l career. given the severity of the - offences, the police decided to look at th
in this trial related to a period of one year only. only 12 months of lucy letby s nursing career when she was working on that neonatal ward at the countess of chester hospital between june 2015 and june 2016. the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. we have already heard since the conclusion of this trial at the liverpool women s hospital, somewhere lucy worked and it placements earlier in her career, they have said that they are going to be looking back at the time that she spent there. this will no doubt become a larger and more all encompassing investigation into the kind of nurse lucy letby was, a woman who we now know was a serial killer, who is the worst, frankly, in modern times, killer of children and babies. seven children who she was found to have murdered in her care. she will no doubt receive a significant custodial sentence for those murders and attempted murders. thejudge, mrjustice goss, has said that the court will return on monday to hear those
taken so long, and also why the jury have been out for so many hours in this case. yeah, so as i say, it has been an incredibly difficult trial to cover, and as the judge addressing thejury to cover, and as the judge addressing the jury today said, they will now be discharged from any future jury service due to the level of detail they have heard in his case. ., , case. dan o donoghue, my correspondence case. dan o donoghue, my correspondence here - case. dan o donoghue, my correspondence here at - case. dan o donoghue, my - correspondence here at manchester crown court who has been in court threw out this trial, hearing much of the distressing and harrowing evidence that has been presented to the jury. evidence that has been presented to thejury. we have also been hearing in the last couple of hours since the conclusion of the trial about further investigations into lucy letby s nursing career, notjust at the countess of chester hospital but at liverpool women s hospital and other