The life of a former nurse sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 7 newborns and attempting to murder 8 others has been revealed.
According to The Sun and Daily Mail on the 20th (local time), Lucy Letby, 35, is currently incarcerated in a prison in Surrey and is under 24-hour close surveillance due to the high likelihood of being targeted by other inmates. It is reported that the guards check her condition every 15 minutes.
A prison official said, "Since a documentary covering his crimes was aired recently, there has been a flood of mockery and condemnation," adding, "he has fallen into the delusion that 'he could soon be released from prison,' which has actually incited the anger of the other inmates."
Letby's crimes shocked British society. From June 2015 to about a year later, he worked in the neonatal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital, where he killed 5 boys and 2 girls, including premature and twin infants.
When unexplained deaths occurred one after another, the police launched an investigation, and after 10 months of inquiry, it was confirmed that Letby had committed his crimes by injecting air into the babies or force-feeding them milk. Some infants were found to be in a state of insulin overdose.
At the time of his arrest in 2018, a handwritten note confessing, "I intentionally killed the babies. I am a terrible and evil person," along with medical documents related to the neonatal unit, was discovered at Letby's home.
A British court recognized Letby for murdering 7 newborns and attempting to murder 8, sentencing him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole last year.