Lucy Letby sobbed ‘it’s always me when it happens’, baby murder trial told
Lucy Letby sobbed ‘it’s always me when it happens’, baby murder trial told
Lucy Letby sobbed ‘it’s always me when it happens’, baby murder trial told

Lucy Letby sobbed its always me when it happens amid baby collapses
A GP who cared for one of Letby’s alleged victims claims she heard her sobbing to a colleague (Picture: SWNS/PA)

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies on her ward was overheard tearfully telling a colleague ‘it’s always me when it happens’, a court has heard.

Lucy Letby, 33, allegedly made the comment during a spike in cases of infants collapsing at the Countess of Chester hospital.

She denies the seven murders as well as 10 attempted murders of other babies at the hospital’s neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

A GP named Lucy Beebe who cared for one of Letby’s alleged victims while working as a trainee doctor told police she saw the nurse talking to a colleague ine one of the unit’s care rooms.

Dr Beebe told the court on Friday: ‘I remember Lucy crying with another nurse and it was very much of the gist of “it’s always me when it happens, my babies, it’s always happening to me a lot”.

She went on to say she could not remember exactly when the conversation happened and that it ‘seemed a pretty normal reaction’ given the upsetting trend of baby deaths at the hospital.

Letby is accused of murdering Child I, who was born premature, on her fourth attempt – having tried to kill her three times in the previous three weeks.

Dr Beebe said the baby in her care, named in court as Child I, stuck in her memory ‘because it was unusual that she seemingly became well and then became unwell’.

A neonatal nurse accused of murdering seven babies was found by police with a post-it note stating: ?I AM EVIL I DID THIS?, a trial has heard. Lucy Letby, 32, is charged with seven counts of murder and faces 15 attempted murder charges involving ten more children. Caption: Lucy Letby, 32, of Arran Avenue, Hereford, who denies seven counts of murder and 15 counts of attempted murder, pictured in 2012 when she was a staff nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester
The GP said Letby’s comments ‘seemed pretty normal’ given the situation (Picture: MEN Media)
Warrington Magistrates' Court, Cheshire, ahead of a hearing in the case of nurse Lucy Letby who has been charged with eight counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder following an investigation into baby deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between June 2015 to June 2016.
A criminal investigation was launched after a slew of baby deaths and collapses at the Countess of Chester hospital (Picture: PA)

She continued: ‘In my memory I felt like she was shipped out to a tertiary centre, made a rapid recovery and then was brought back very quickly.

‘It certainly stuck in my memory because it had never happened to a baby I had been involved in the care of before or since, at any of the neo-natal units I worked at.’

Asked about her reaction to Child I’s death, she replied: ‘Shock and frustration at the time because on reflection I felt there was something else going on with (Child I) that we were not getting to the bottom of.

‘It was sad because I remember the family and the whole situation was just very sad and frustrating.’

Letby, originally from Hereford, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.

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