Jurors hear from mother of premature baby allegedly attacked by Lucy Letby
by Kim Pilling
Jun 13, 2024
3 minutes
The mother of a newborn girl allegedly attacked by killer nurse Lucy Letby said it was the “hardest decision of my life” to switch off her daughter’s life support, a court has heard.
Letby, 34, is accused of attempting to murder the infant by displacing her breathing tube when she was being treated at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit.
The youngster, known as Child K, was born “extremely premature” at 2.12am on February 17 2016 and weighed just 1lb 8oz (692g).
Child K were told.
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