Lucy Letby, a former nurse in the UK, was recently found guilty of the attempted murder of extremely premature babies. This shocking case has raised many questions about the motivations and actions of serial killers in healthcare settings.
One possible explanation for Letby's behavior could be a desire for power and control over vulnerable patients. Research has shown that some healthcare workers may engage in harmful behaviors towards patients as a way to exert authority and dominance.
The 34 year-old’s latest conviction comes after she was found guilty of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016, following her original trial last August.
The former nurse was given a rare whole-life order, making her one of Britain’s most prolific child serial killers. She is due to be sentenced for the further offence on Friday.
After the baby recovered, her tube was displaced two more times that night, the prosecution said, alleging Letby had tried to make it appear like the infant habitually displaced it herself.
The baby, who had been born at 25 weeks' gestation, was transferred to a specialist neo-natal unit but died three days later.
Letby's actions were not alleged to have caused her death.
The trial has heard Letby allegedly targeted Baby K in the early hours of 17 February 2016 after the infant was moved from a delivery room to the hospital's neonatal unit shortly after her premature birth.
The prosecution has alleged Letby deliberately interfered with the baby’s breathing tube.
Letby told the jury of six women and six men she had no recollection of any such event.
Dr Jayaram told the court that he had become increasingly concerned about Letby, following a spike in the number of baby deaths in the unit. When he realised that Letby was on her own with Baby K, he went into the nursery to reassure himself that everything was okay.
He found Letby next to the cot. The baby’s condition was rapidly deteriorating. Letby could see the baby was desaturating but was doing nothing to help her. Neither had she raised an alarm or called for assistance. It was established that the baby’s breathing tube had been dislodged meaning she was not getting the support that she needed from the ventilator.
The baby’s condition deteriorated on two further occasions over the next few hours. On both occasions, the baby’s breathing tube had again been dislodged. Evidence was presented to show that Letby had again been present in Baby K’s nursery at both of these times, despite the fact she had other babies to look after in a different nursery.
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