A nurse has been charged with murdering eight babies and attempting to murder a further 10. Lucy Letby, 30, will appear in court following a probe into a number of deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Cheshire Police said.
Detectives launched an investigation into infant deaths at the hospital in May 2017, initially looking at the deaths of 15 babies between June 2015 and June 2016.
The probe later widened to the deaths of 17 babies and 16 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016. Letby was first arrested in 2018.
Speaking before she was charged, Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hughes, who is heading the investigation, said: "In July 2018, a healthcare professional was arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the
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