Countess of Chester Hospital – World Justice News

More criminal charges being considered over baby deaths at Lucy Letby hospitals

July 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors are considering whether to bring further criminal charges against Lucy Letby over the deaths of babies at two hospitals where she worked The Crown Prosecution Service said it had received “a full file of […]

Lucy Letby: Serial killer nurse found guilty of attempted murder of extremely premature baby

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of the attempted murder of an extremely premature baby, just two hours after she was born. Letby, who was convicted last year of the murder of seven […]

Lucy Letby will die in prison after receiving 14 whole-life sentences

August 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

Lucy Letby will die in prison after being handed 14 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others while working on a hospital’s neonatal unit. The judge imposed a whole-life order […]

Nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of murdering seven babies on neonatal unit

August 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others while working on a hospital’s neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016. Lucy Letby – who was in her mid-20s […]

Lucy Letby: Nurse denies baby murders at start of trial

October 10, 2022 World Justice News 0

A nurse has pleaded not guilty to murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others. Lucy Letby, 32, denied a total of 22 charges at the start of her trial at Manchester Crown Court. […]

Chester hospital baby deaths: Nurse Lucy Letby due in court

November 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

A nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of another 10 is in due in court. Lucy Letby had previously been arrested in 2018 and 2019 as part of a probe into […]

Woman held on suspicion of murdering eight babies at hospital

July 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A healthcare professional has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital. Cheshire Police said the woman’s arrest was a significant step forward in an investigation […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]