British Nurse Found Guilty Of Murdering Seven Babies

A British nurse has been found guilty Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming the UK’s most prolific child killer.

Lucy Letby, 33, had been on trial since October last year, accused of injecting her sick or premature young victims with air, overfeeding with milk, and poisoning them with insulin.

The victims’ families said in a joint statement read outside Manchester Crown Court in northern England that they had been “quite simply stunned” by what had happened.

“Justice has been served. This justice will not take away from the extreme hurt, anger and distress we have all had.”

The jury, some of whom were in tears after they were discharged, deliberated for 22 days, returning their first guilty decisions on August 8, which could not be reported because of a court order.

Letby fought back tears in the dock after the initial verdicts were read out. She was not in court Friday to hear the jurors’ final determinations.

They eventually acquitted her of two counts, and could not reach decisions on six others. Prosecutors have asked for 28 days to consider whether to seek a retrial on those charges.