Parents of Lucy Letby say watching Netflix show 'would kill them' and is 'complete invasion of privacy'
The feature-length documentary, hosted on Netflix, claims to feature further unreleased footage of Letby during her arrests and police questioning
The parents of convicted murderer Lucy Letby have criticised a Netflix documentary as a "complete invasion of privacy" over inclusion of footage showing her being arrested in her pyjamas.
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The 36-year-old nurse was at the home of her parents in Hereford in June 2019 at the time of the arrest.
Letby's parents, John and Susan Letby, said they will not watch the documentary, saying: “It would likely kill us if we did.”
Body camera footage from police - included in the Netflix trailer - shows officers arriving at the family home in search of Letby, where she is located wearing her pyjamas in her bedroom.
Letby is seen sitting up in bed, looking confused, before police explain they are arresting her on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
She is then led away in her dressing gown.
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Letby's parents have also claimed the chief investigating officer in their daughter’s case, Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes, “seemed to have a deep hatred” of them.
"Why is Paul Hughes, with whom we always co-operated fully, allowed to show the world what took place in our house that morning and Netflix not even have the decency to tell us?"
Letby was convicted last August of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
She was sentenced to life.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which deals with potential miscarriages of justice, are currently considering the case.
In January, police confirmed that she faced no further criminal charges after further investigation into the deaths of two infants and the attempted murder of seven others.
The feature-length documentary will be hosted on Netflix.
The production claims to feature further unreleased footage of Letby during her arrests and police questioning, as well as interviews with police, experts and lawyers from the case.
The couple said that although news coverage had already been severe, the Netflix documentary "is on another level", expressing concern that their property might become "a tourist attraction".
"We had no idea they were using footage in our house. We will not watch it — it would likely kill us if we did.
"It is a complete invasion of privacy of which we would have known nothing if Lucy’s barrister had not told us.”