Killer nurse Lucy Letby loses fresh appeal bid

Lucy Letby lost an attempt to appeal against a conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in the Court of Appeal.

The convicted child serial killer asked judges for approval to challenge her most recent conviction for attempted murder of a newborn, known as Child K.

She was sentenced to a 15th whole life order following a retrial in July 2024.

Lawyers for the former nurse told the court that the attempted murder charge should have been stayed as an abuse of process due to "overwhelming and irremediable prejudice" caused by media coverage of her first trial, and that the retrial should not have gone ahead.

Her barrister Benjamin Myers KC said Letby "maintains and has maintained she is not guilty of the offences".

But Lord Justice William Davis, sitting with Lord Justice Jeremy Baker and Mrs Justice McGowan, said at the start of their ruling they would refuse permission for Letby to challenge the conviction.

The judgement of the court can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-...

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