Conclusion. She will be sentenced here on monday at Manchester Crown court. She is now the most prolific killer of children in modern times. Shejudith morris sent this report. She thought shed get away with it, but this was the moment the game was up. Lucy, is it . Do you mind if i step in for a few seconds . Yes. Behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britains most prolific baby killer was arrested three years after her murder spree began. Just sit there for me, lucy. Ive just had knee surgery. She worked here, on the Neonatal Unit at the countess of Chester Hospital. Her role, to care for the most vulnerable infants, but that couldnt have been further from her mind. The crying, ive never heard anything like it since. It was screaming. It was screaming, and i was like, what is the matter with them . Legally, we cant identify the families in this case, but their stories are distressing. These are the parents of twin boys born prematurely in 2015. Their mum was taking milk to them when she heard one of her sons crying loudly. He had blood round his mouth, and lucy was there, but faffing about and not really doing anything. Lucy said, dont worry, the registrar was coming. She told me to go back to the ward. The babys mum left him in this Intensive Care area and went to call her husband. They thought their son was in safe hands with nurse letby, but a short time later they were told he was dangerously ill, and they rushed back to find doctors trying to save him. We were taken in, and we were told to talk to him and hold his hand, and then. We had a conversation with the consultant, and they said they were going to stop, because it is not helping, and we want him to die in your arms. On the unit, there were typically up to three deaths a year, a on the unit, there were typically up to three deaths a year, but in 2015 they had that number in the month ofjune alone, and the pattern continued, with babies dying or coming close to death. The common factor lucy letby. This Staffing Sheet shows she was the only employee who was present every time there was a suspicious event. Dr Stephen Brearey led the team of seven consultants on the unit who shared joint concerns about letby. Hes now speaking publicly about their experience for the first time. Its something that nobody really wants to consider, you know, that a member of staff might be harming the babies under your care. Things came to a head when two out of three healthy triplets died within 2a hours of each other injune 2016. Afterwards a meeting was held for staff. Lucy letby was there. She was sitting next to me. I spoke to her and said how tired and upset she must be after two days of this, and hoped that she was going to have a restful weekend, and she turned to me and said, no, im back on shift tomorrow. The other staff were very traumatised by all of this. They were crumbling before your eyes almost, and she was quite happy and confident to come into work. Lucy letby was eventually moved to a clerical role. The doctors kept trying to get managers to investigate the suspicious deaths and her connection to them. But we can now reveal that even though consultants here repeatedly made loud warnings to senior management, they say they were ignored and ultimately told that if they didnt stop raising questions about the nurse, there would be consequences. And the doctors say that even after lucy letby came off duty on the Neonatal Unit, executives tried to draw a line under the case, and it was only a year 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 doesnt 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 wouldnt melt. It is an example to us all of not judging a book by its cover. We have got to accept and understand the evidence in this case has been, i believe, significant, and it has taken us to understand that lucy letby is a killer. The nurse wrote this Sympathy Card to the parents of one baby, and searched for many of the other families on facebook. Letby� s own parents supported her throughout the trial, and the court heard about her happy childhood. We may never know why she became a killer. I want her to be locked up and i never want her to come out again. Because what she has done has changed the course of our life forever. Lucy letby had many faces. Party girl, graduate, bright young nurse. But each face was a mask for evil hiding in plain sight, and at last her cover has slipped. Lucy letby will now be known as one of britains most notorious criminals. Judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. Lucy letby was convicted of all the seven murders she was charged with, and there were a further six counts at the jury told the judge mr justice goss that they had deliberated over at great length but they were only unable to return a majority verdict. The cps will look at those remaining six counts and decide whether or not to bring a re tile against lucy letby on those remaining six counts. The conclusion of the trial here on the steps of Manchester Crown court, we heard from some of the key people who had been involved in the investigation and the trial itself. A short while ago, detective chief inspector nicola evans of Cheshire Police gave her reaction to the verdict. This has been a long and emotional journey for all of the families involved in this case. I speak on behalf of the entire Prosecution Team when i say that all of their babies will forever be in our hearts. I would like to thank all of the families in this case for their exceptional resilience and strength throughout this entire investigation. Their composure and their dignity during this trial has been truly overwhelming. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding this case started in may 2017. Since that time, hundreds of witnesses have been spoken to by a team of dedicated detectives. Many of those witnesses have returned to court on numerous occasions to give evidence. Without their honesty and their support, the families would not have received the justice that they have received today. I cannot begin to imagine how the families in this case feel today. I just hope that todays verdicts bring all of them some Peace Of Mind for the future, and that we have answered some of the questions that they were looking for. Cheshire constabulary will continue to support all of the families in this case in the coming days and weeks ahead. There will be a period of reflection of everybody comes this has been to terms with what they have experienced here today. That was Detective Police inspector nicola evans today. Lets hear now from pascalejones, a senior prosecutor from the Crown Prosecution Service. Lucy letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies. Little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their midst. She did her utmost to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in which she repeatedly harmed babies in her care. She sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each babys existing vulnerability. In her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk or medication like insulin would become lethal. She perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death. Time and again, she harmed babies in an environment which should have been safe for them and their families. Parents were exposed to her Morbid Curiosity and her fake compassion. Too many of them returned home to empty baby rooms. Many surviving children live with permanent consequences of her assault upon their lives. Her attacks were a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her. My thoughts are with the families of the victims who may never have closure, but who now have answers to questions which had troubled them for years. That was the senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. We had finally a statement on behalf of the families. Throughout this trial of course those babies have been named in court, some of the families had been giving evidence in court, but we are protecting the identities of their families, the surviving siblings have been protected, so the way that we had the families� reaction to all of this was from the family Liaison Officer who spoke highly on the steps of Manchester Crown court, that is janet moore. I have been asked to read out a statement on behalf of all the families in this case. Words cannot effectively. Explain how we are feeling at this moment in time. We are quite simply stunned. To lose a baby is a heartbreakingj experience that no parent should ever have to go through. But to lose a baby or to have a baby harmed in these particular circumstances is unimaginable. Over the past seven to eight years, we have had to go through a long, i tortuous and emotional journey. From losing our precious newborns and grieving their loss, seeing our children who survived, | some of whom are still sufferingl itoday, to being told years later. That their death or collapse might be suspicious, nothing can prepare you for that news. Todayjustice has been served, and a nurse who should have been caring for our babies has been found guilty of harming them. But this justice will not take away from the extreme hurt, anger and distress we have all had to experience. Some families did not receive i the verdict that they expected, and therefore it is a bittersweet result we are heartbroken, devastated, angry and feel numb. We may never truly know why this happened. Words cannot express our gratitude to the jury who have had to sit through 145 days of gruelling evidence which has led to todays verdict. We recognise that this has not been an easy task for them, and we will forever be gratefull for their patience and resilience throughout this incredibly difficult process. The Police Investigation began in 2017, and we have been supported from the very beginning by a team of experienced and dedicated family Liaison Officers. We want to thank these officers for everything i they have done for us. Medical experts, consultants, j doctors and Nursing Staff have all given evidence at court which at times has been extremely harrowing and distressing for us to listen to. However, we recognise the determination and commitment that each witness has shown in ensuring that the truth was told. We acknowledge that the evidencel given by each of them has been key in securing todays verdict. Finally, we would like to acknowledge and thankl the Investigation Team and more recently the Prosecution Team i who have led the trial to a successful conclusion. The Search For The Truth has remained at the forefront. Of everyones minds, and we will forever. Be grateful for this. We would now ask for time i in peace to process what has happened as we come to terms with todays verdict. I i would now also like to read outl a statement on behalf of the team of family Liaison Officers who have worked as part of operation hummingbird. On behalf of our team of dedicated family Liaison Officers, i would like to thank all of the families for the immense fortitude and extreme resilience that they have shown over the years. They have acted with dignity and reservedness during a very long trial, whilst hearing the most horrendous evidence. We are all extremely humbled by them. I hope that the support that we have i provided to all of the families has. Been of some comfort to them during an incredibly difficult period. We have worked closely alongside his majestys Court Service to ensure that the families have been able to watch Court Proceedings in manchester as well as remotely over the past ten months. This has assisted them greatly in being able to view the trial with more ease. We would like to thank court staff for their help with this. Whilst todays verdict will by no means relieve the suffering the families have gone through and are still going through, we hope it will bring| them some comfort. Our thoughts remain with you. Thank you. That is janet moore, the family Liaison Officer who has worked with so many of this families following this lengthy process after the deaths of their children and throughout what has been a long trial here at Manchester Crown court, nine months between the Opening Statements being made and thejudge sending the Opening Statements being made and the judge sending the jury out to consider their verdict. You also heard janet moore they� re talking about the real anger and the quest for answers that so many of those families are understandably feeling now. Just in the last few hours, the government has announced an independent inquiry into the murders and attempted murders at the countess of Chester Hospital following lucy letby� s conviction. The Department Of Health says that that inquiry will investigate the wider circumstances around what happened at the hospital, and it will include any handling of concerns. Governance will be looked at as well. It will also look at what actions were taken by regulators and by the wider nhs. The government says the inquiry will be launched to ensure vital lessons are learned and to provide answers to the parents and families impacted. Health secretary Steve Barclay says i am determined the families� voices are heard, and they are involved in shaping the scope of the inquiry should they wish to do so. Following on from the work already under way by nhs england, it will help us identify where and how Patient Safety standards failed to be met. That is something that the families even at the conclusion of this trial were calling for, some sort of answers into how this could have happened for so long, because lucy letby� s crimes that were dealt with in this trial over a period of 12 months, from 2015 to 2016, but in fact lucy letby was arrested three times in total before she was finally charged with those 22 counts of murder and attempted murder, and at the conclusion of the trial in the last few hours there have been some new pictures that have been released by Cheshire Police, who were the investigating force. They talked about the thousands, tens of thousands, of pages of evidence that were put together. At one point they said there were 70 police and civilian workers working on this as part of operation hummingbird, and they said they filmed around a0 hours of interviews with lucy letby, and released a small portion. Just a brief clip there of lucy letby, one of many hours of police interviews. But talking there about the fact that the rise in Infant Mortality had been noted by her contemporaries who she was talking about on the Nursing Staff. Joining me now is my colleague dan o� donoghue. You have been here throughout this trial listening to the evidence in person. You sort lucy letby in the Interview Room speaking very quietly. What kind of picture was painted of her by the prosecution in this case . Bi; painted of her by the prosecution in this case . � , painted of her by the prosecution in this case . J ,. , this case . By the prosecution, the icture this case . By the prosecution, the picture that this case . By the prosecution, the picture that was this case . By the prosecution, the picture that was presented this case . By the prosecution, the picture that was presented of this case . By the prosecution, the picture that was presented of herl picture that was presented of her was that she was calculating, she was that she was calculating, she was devious, she was an opportunist and she was someone who used her normality, i think one of the Police Officers when asked to describe lucy letby in a word, he described her as beige. She used this cloak of normality to conduct horrific crimes. The picture painted by the defence was that she was a dedicated, professional nurse, and one of her colleagues, doctor stephen browett, called her nice lucy when it was first noticed that she was a Connective Influence between the cases. So that shows that even people in power who eventually did blow the whistle did not comprehend that miss letby was capable of the apps that she was. 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