Nurse Lucy Letby cries as photos of her bedroom shown in court - including picture with slogan 'Shine Like A Diamond'

18 April 2023, 10:47 | Updated: 18 August 2023, 13:19

Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 more
Nurse Lucy Letby, 33, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 more. Picture: PA
Kieran Kelly

By Kieran Kelly

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies cried in court as photos of a crime scene in her bedroom were shown in court yesterday.

Photos of Lucy Letby's messy bedroom were shown to Manchester Crown Court, where the 33-year-old nurse was arrested in July 2018.

A number of jackets hang over Letby's bed rails, with a teddy bear stuffed underneath her duvet.

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The nurse denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 more between June 2015 and June 2016.

Nurse Lucy Letby's bedroom contains a picture with the slogan: 'Dream is a Wish your Heart makes'
Nurse Lucy Letby's bedroom contains a picture with the slogan: 'Dream is a Wish your Heart makes'. Picture: PA
Lucy Letby was arrested in her home in 2018
Lucy Letby was arrested in her home in 2018. Picture: PA

Letby was arrested in July 2018 on suspicion of attacking infants in her care.

At this point, she had worked her last shift as a neonatal nurse at Chester Hospital.

She wept in court on Monday as pictures with slogans such as 'Shine Like A Diamond' and 'Leave Sparkles Wherever You Go' were shown to jurors.

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The jury in the trial heard that police found several pages of notes with the words written on them, weeks after they also heard that authorities had found a note which read "I am evil" and "I did this" in the Hereford-born nurse's home.

Ms Letby faces 22 charges in total relating to incidents in 2015 and 2016. A further note read: "I can't do this anymore".

Among the scrawlings shown to the court was incoherent half-sentences including the words: "slander", "discrimination" and "I haven't done anything wrong".

The notes were found in Ms Letby's house when she was initially arrested on July 3, 2018.

Nurse Lucy Letby
Nurse Lucy Letby. Picture: Alamy

Letby denies seven counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

The trial continues.

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