Mother found Letby with crying baby, inquiry hears
The Independent|September 19, 2024
A mother spoke emotionally as she described the moment she found Lucy Letby with her premature baby, crying and with blood around his mouth.
ALEX ROSS
Mother found Letby with crying baby, inquiry hears

Giving evidence at the Thirlwall Inquiry, the woman told how she heard screaming and crying like "I'd never really heard" as she walked toward the neo-natal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital to provide milk.

Entering the room she found her baby – known as Baby E – with Letby close by, the inquiry heard. Hours later the baby died. Letby was later found guilty of the murder of seven babies, including Baby E by injecting air into his circulation. She was also convicted of attempting to murder seven more, including Baby E’s twin brother, Baby F.

Recalling the incident, the mother told the inquiry: “As I was coming to the unit along the corridor I could hear screaming and crying and it was a shock because I’d never really heard ... a baby cry like that and then I walked in the room and realised it was my baby. And I went to him and he had blood around his mouth and I was just shocked.”

She continued: “I asked Lucy Letby why there was blood around his mouth, why it was bleeding and she was quite dismissive ... [she said] ‘I contacted the registrar and he’s on his way, you go back to the ward, if there are any problems I’ll ring for you’. I knew there was something not right.”

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