Nurse Lucy Letby wrote a note saying ‘I’m evil, I did this’ after murdering babies, court hears

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies handwrote a confession saying “I’m evil”, a court heard today.

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies handwrote a confession saying “I’m evil”, a court heard today.

Lucy Letby, 32, wrote on a green post-it note shown to jurors: “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough.”

She also wrote: “I am a horrible evil person” and in capital letters, “I AM EVIL I DID THIS.”

She also took a photograph of two babies’ bodies after she killed them, the court heard, according to The Sun.

The nurse took a photo of the brothers together in a cot after she spent time with their parents following their death, it is alleged.

Letby is accused of killing seven babies and injuring ten others over a year at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, in north west England.

Lucy Letby. Picture: South West News Service

She is said to have murdered Child P, one of triplets on June 24, 2016 - the day after she is said to have murdered his brother, Child O.

Child P suffered an “acute deterioration” before preparations were put in place to move him to another hospital.

Just before the planned transfer, a doctor was said to be “optimistic” about his prospects but then “all of a sudden Lucy Letby said to him something like ‘he’s not leaving alive here, is he?’”, said Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC.

Shortly after, Child P collapsed and died, Manchester Crown Court heard.

He said: “That remark surprised (the doctor) but Lucy Letby’s prediction came true. After all, she knew what she had done to him and therefore she knew what was likely to happen.

“It is certainly what she intended because it was something she had done to so many other children.”

A coroner recorded the death as “prematurity” but independent experts who were tasked with reviewing Child P’s case said the most likely cause was air injected into his stomach which compromised his breathing.

Lucy Letby is on trial accused of killing babies. Picture: Facebook

After Child P’s death, Letby spent time with his parents and at one point took a photograph of Child P and his brother, Child O, in a cot, the court heard.

She denied causing Child P any deliberate harm.

The “poisoner at work” is accused of injecting two babies with insulin during a year-long killing spree.

Letby also allegedly murdered or harmed others by injecting air or milk into their bloodstream or via a tube in their stomachs.

The collapses and deaths of all 17 children in the case were not “naturally-occurring tragedies”, it was said.

Letby denies all 22 charges, which are said to have taken place between June 2015 and June 2016.

A court order prohibits identifying the surviving and deceased children and prohibits identifying parents or witnesses connected with the babies.

The trial continues.

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