34-year-old child serial killer Lucy Letby faces retrial for attempted murder of a baby girl at Countess of Chester Hospital in 2016.

Child serial killer Lucy Letby is set to face a retrial over an attempted murder charge, accused of attempting to murder a baby girl at the Countess of Chester Hospital. In August 2023, Letby, 34, was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six other infants at the same hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. The retrial, which is estimated to last up to four weeks, will focus on an allegation that she tried to murder a baby girl, known as Child K, in February 2016. Letby, who denied all the charges, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder at the original trial.

June 10, 2024
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