On Monday, the individual considered the most prolific child killer in modern British history started her lifelong imprisonment for the murder of seven newborn babies and the attempted murder of six others under her care.
In Manchester, located in northwest England, a judge sentenced nurse Lucy Letby to an exceptionally severe whole-life order.
This rare punishment, reserved for the gravest offenses, ensures she will never be released.
“The court order is a whole-life order on every offense, and you will spend the rest of your life in prison,” said Judge James Goss.
However, Letby, who is 33 years old, ignited fury among the families of her young victims when she opted not to appear at the sentencing hearing. This decision has led to politicians’ commitments to address this legal process gap.
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The prosecutor, Goss, stated that Letby exhibited “pre-meditation, calculation, and cunning” with a level of “malevolence bordering on sadism.” Throughout the trial, she consistently and “coldly” denied accountability for her deeds.
Most of her young victims experienced intense pain, yet she misled her colleagues at the Countess of Chester Hospital regarding her actions.
Letby maintained medical notes that functioned as “morbid records” of her actions, discovered during police searches of her residence following her arrest.
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“You have no remorse,” the judge said. “There are no mitigating factors.”
“You acted in a way completely contrary to the normal human instincts of nurturing and caring for babies and in gross breach of the trust that all citizens place in those who work in the medical and caring professions,” he added.
“Lifelong harm” had been caused to her victims’ families by cutting short young lives “almost as soon as they began,” the judge said. “Loving parents have been robbed of their cherished children. You have caused deep psychological trauma,” he added.
The motivations behind the killings remain undisclosed from June 2015 to June 2016.
These acts have propelled Letby into the ranks of Britain’s most infamous serial killers.
In the UK, approximately 70 individuals are presently serving a whole-life order.
Historically, only three women have received this sentence. These include Myra Hindley, a participant in the “Moors Murders” with her partner Ian Brady, which claimed five young lives in the 1960s. Additionally, serial killers Rose West and Joanna Dennehy have been subjected to this punishment. Hindley passed away in 2002.
Harold Shipman, a medical practitioner responsible for the deaths of 15 patients, with suspicions of up to 250 victims, was sentenced to a whole-life term in 2000. In 2004, he took his own life in his prison cell.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn