Lucy Letby: nurse denies murder of seven babies in Chester hospital
The Guardian says A nurse has pleaded not guilty to murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others in a hospital neo-natal ward in Chester.
Lucy Letby, 32, is accused of killing or attempting to kill 17 babies at the Countess of Chester hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
The former Countess of Chester nurse, first arrested in July 2018, appeared at Manchester crown court on Monday and entered not guilty pleas to seven counts of murder and 15 of attempted murder.
Wearing a black suit in the glass-panelled dock, Letby stood and replied “not guilty” to each of the 22 counts put to her by the court clerk.