Lucy Letby update as child killer's appeal hearing set
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLucy Letby's bid to challenge her convictions is due to be considered by the Court of Appeal at a hearing in April. The child serial killer nurse will ask senior judges for permission to bring an appeal against all her convictions at the hearing in London provisionally listed for April 25, a judiciary spokeswoman confirmed on Friday.
The 34-year-old had an initial application to take forward her challenge refused by a single judge without a hearing last month.
But she is able to renew her efforts before a panel of three judges at the hearing in nine weeks' time. If judges again decline to give permission, it will mark the end of the appeal process for Letby. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. In August last year, Letby was sentenced following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.
She was handed 14 whole life orders after being convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, with two attempts on one of her victims.
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