Child killer nurse Lucy Letby renewing bid to appeal against convictions

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Child Killer Nurse Lucy Letby Renewing Bid To Appeal Against Convictions
The 34-year-old previously had an initial bid to challenge her convictions refused by the Court of Appeal. Photo: PA Images
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Tom Pilgrim, PA

Child serial killer Lucy Letby is renewing her bid to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.

The nurse had an initial application for permission to appeal against all of her convictions refused by a judge without a hearing last month.

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Letby has since chosen to renew her efforts to take forward her appeal, a judicial spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.

A hearing is expected to be held in London before a panel of three senior judges at a later date, where they will decide whether to grant leave to appeal.

Countess of Chester Hospital police investigation
The offences took place at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. Photo: PA.

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In August 2023, Letby (34), of Hereford, was sentenced to 14 whole life orders after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, with two attempts on one of her victims.

The offences took place at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit, where nurse Letby worked, between June 2015 and June 2016.

Typically, applications for permission to appeal against a crown court decision are considered by a judge looking at legal documents without a hearing.

If this is refused, people have 14 days to renew their bid for permission at a full court hearing before two or three judges.

The jury in Letby’s trial at Manchester Crown Court was unable to reach verdicts on six counts of attempted murder in relation to five children.

Letby will face a retrial at the same court in June on a single count that she attempted to murder a baby girl, known as Child K, in February 2016.

A court order prohibits reporting of the identities of the surviving and dead children who were the subject of the allegations.

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