A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions.
Lucy Letby, who refused to appear in court to face grieving parents, was given the most severe sentence possible under British law, which does not allow the death penalty.
Justice James Goss said that the number of killings and attempts and the nature of the murders by a neonatal nurse entrusted to care for the
