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Nurse found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies at UK hospital

www.sbs.com.au Nurse found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies at UK hospital

The verdict, following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court, makes Lucy Letby one of Britain's most prolific serial child killers.

Nurse found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies at UK hospital

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  • 33-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of killing seven babies in the neonatal unit of a hospital in England.

  • A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read "I killed them on purpose".

  • Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.

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