British killer nurse Lucy Letby to appeal conviction for seven murders
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Lucy Letby in a screengrab obtained from an undated handout video obtained by Reuters, on Aug 17, 2023.
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LONDON - British nurse Lucy Letby has applied to appeal against her conviction for murdering seven babies
Letby was last month found guilty of killing five baby boys and two baby girls
The 33-year-old was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to a whole-life order last month, meaning she will never be released from prison.
Letby has filed an application for leave to appeal against her conviction at London’s Court of Appeal, a court spokesperson said. No date for any appeal has been set, they added.
The nurse’s conviction, following a harrowing 10-month trial, made Letby Britain’s worst serial child killer in modern history, local media said.
Letby had refused to attend her sentencing in August, which the mother of one of her victims described as a final act of wickedness.
Shortly after, Britain announced plans to give judges new powers to force criminals to attend their sentencing, following a furore over several other high-profile cases where killers refused to appear in the dock.
The government has also launched a public inquiry into the case, which will look at the circumstances of Letby’s crimes and consider accusations from doctors on the neonatal unit that their concerns about Letby were not heeded by senior staff. REUTERS
