The nurse, 34, had been accused of a single offence of the attempted murder of the infant on February 17 2016. She was convicted last year over the deaths and collapses of 13 infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital Letby was facing a retrial at Manchester Crown Court where she denied attempting to murder a severely premature baby by dislodging a breathing tube when the youngster was just two hours old.
Prosecutors allege she was caught 'red-handed' by consultant paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram attacking the tiny infant, referred to in press reports of the proceedings as 'Child K, by dislodging her breathing tube at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in February 2016.
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