Lucy Letby trial told ‘active babies’ can dislodge breathing tubes

The court heard Ms Williams and three other registered nurses, including Letby, were working at the unit that night.

Ms Williams said she could not remember asking a specific colleague to watch Baby K, also referred to in court as Child K, when she left to speak to infant’s parents at about 03:30 GMT.

Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC asked: “What condition was [Child K] in when you left at whatever time it was?”

Ms Williams said: “She would have been stable to the point at what was acceptable for a 25-weeker baby…otherwise I would not have left.”

The nurse told the court she would have been “very conscious” to come quickly back to Baby K and to support the rest of the nursing staff and babies on the unit.

Door swipe data shows she re-entered the unit at 03:47 GMT and could hear alarms going off in nursery one, the intensive care room.

She said she remembered seeing Letby and consultant paediatrician Dr Jayaram, but does not remember what they were doing.

Ms Williams’ notes from the night queried whether the breathing tube had been dislodged.

She told the court “certain” babes who were “active” could dislodge their tubes, adding she remembered that Baby K was active.

Ms Williams added she had “not very much” experience at that time in dealing with babies of 25 weeks’ gestation.

The retrial continues.