A jury has heard how a nurse accused of killing seven babies and trying to murder another 10 allegedly poisoned two babies with insulin days after they were born.
At Manchester Crown Court this morning, Lucy Letby pleaded not guilty to all 22 charges, reports the Mirror. The 32-year-old, from Hereford, denies murdering five boys and two girls.
She also denies attempting to murder another five boys and five girls between June 2015 and June 2016. Letby is accused of attempting to murder the same infant multiple times, in some instances.
Opening for the prosecution, Nick Johnson KC told jurors that "within the neonatal unit in the Countess of Chester a poisoner was at work".
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