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A nurse has been charged with eight counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the death of a baby in a Cheshire hospital.
Lucy Letby, 30, is due to appear in Warrington Magistrates Court on Thursday, a Cheshire police spokesman said.
A statement from the force said Letby had been charged following an ongoing investigation into a series of infant deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit.
Letby is due to appear in Warrington Magistrates Court on Thursday
The statement read: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorized the Cheshire Police to charge a health professional with murder in connection with an ongoing investigation into a series of infant deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital.
“Lucy Letby, of Arran Avenue, Hereford, faces eight counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder. The charges relate to the period June 2015 to June 2016.
“The 30-year-old was arrested again on Tuesday, November 10 and has since been charged.
“She has been in custody and is due to appear in Warrington Magistrates Court on Thursday, November 12.”
Parents of all babies involved stay fully up-to-date, police say
On Tuesday, police said the parents of all the babies involved were keeping fully up-to-date on the developments and had the support of officers.
Detectives launched an investigation into infant deaths at the hospital in May 2017, initially looking at the deaths of 15 infants between June 2015 and June 2016.
The investigation was later expanded to the deaths of 17 babies and 16 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016.
Ms. Letby worked in the unit as a nursing student for three years of training before qualifying as an infant nurse at the University of Chester in 2011. She said she began working in the unit after graduation.
