Police still probing two baby deaths – Letby inquiry

Last month, it emerged Letby, now 35, had been questioned under caution in prison by detectives probing deaths and non-fatal collapses at both the Countess of Chester and also at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where the neonatal nurse trained as a student.

Police have been reviewing the hospital care of 4,000 babies admitted from when Letby started her employment in January 2012 until the end of June 2016.

The review includes two work placements Letby undertook in Liverpool in 2012 and 2015.

Police previously emphasised that only cases highlighted as medically concerning would be investigated further.

Letby was ultimately convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.

While one of her attempted murder victims, Child K, died days after Letby deliberately dislodged her breathing tube, prosecutors said she had not ultimately caused her death.

The other nine babies who died in 2015 and 2016 – and did not feature in Letby’s criminal trials – are included in the overview document produced by the Thirlwall Inquiry’s legal team.

Among details listed in the document are either the cause of death that was recorded post-mortem, or the registered cause of death.

Several of them cited congenital conditions.