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British nurse who killed seven babies jailed for life

Lucy Letby

A handout image taken from police bodycam footage released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester, UK on August 17, 2023, shows the nurse Lucy Letby being arrested at home in Chester on July 3, 2018. PHOTO | AFP

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By  AFP

A British nurse was jailed for life on Monday, with no prospect of release, for murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six others while they were in her care.

Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of killing five baby boys and two baby girls, making her the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern history. 

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