Lucy Letby has issued a short statement maintaining her innocence as she responded to an application to ban her from nursing. The 33-year-old baby killer is serving 14 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and trying to murder a further six babies.
An application has been made by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to officially ban Letby from nursing – which she does not oppose but did maintain her innocence in respect of her convictions on the forms sent by the NMC to prison.
Christopher Scott, for the NMC, told a fitness to practice panel at a hearing in east London on Tuesday that Letby faces 14 charges, brought by the council, which reflect her criminal convictions.
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Mr Scott said it is “a matter of legal fact” that Letby was convicted of seven counts each of murder and attempted murder at Manchester Crown Court in August. The panel was told Letby was asked in a “tick-box exercise” if she accepts the NMC charges.
She ticked “yes” to each of the charges but added: “I do not wish to take part or be present at the hearing. I do not resist the application to strike me off the nursing register.
“I accept the fact of the convictions. However I do not accept that I am guilty of any of the allegations. I maintain my innocence in respect of all of the convictions. These convictions are now the subject of an appeal.”
Mr Scott will ask the panel to strike Letby off. Letby, of Hereford, was told of the hearing but did not attend and was not represented. The panel decided to proceed in her absence. She faces a retrial next June for one count of attempted murder.
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