Lucy Letby was re-arrested on Monday, 11 months after she was first detainedA nurse who was re-arrested on suspicion of the murders of eight babies at a hospital neo-natal unit has been released on bail. Lucy Letby, 29, was initially arrested last July on suspicion of eight murders and the attempted murder of six other infants as part of a police inquiry into deaths at the Countess of Chester hospital. She was re-arrested on Monday on suspicion of those offences and in connection with the suspected attempted murder of three more babies. The inquiry has since widened and police are currently investigating the deaths of 17 babies and 16 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016. Letby, originally from Hereford, had been on bail since last July before her re-arrest this week.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2019 09:11 UTC