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Cheshire Police said Wednesday that Letby had been questioned in
prison over baby deaths and “non-fatal collapses” at the
Countess of Chester Hospital, where she worked, and Liverpool
Women’s Hospital, where she trained as a student.
The force said Letby was interviewed “under caution,” meaning
the interview was recorded and can be used in future
prosecutions.
The 34-year-old nurse was sentenced to life with no chance of
release for killing seven babies and trying to kill seven others
while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester
Hospital in northwest England in 2015 and 2016.
Prosecutors said she harmed babies in ways that left little
trace, including injecting air into their bloodstreams,
administering air or milk into their stomachs via nasogastric
tubes, poisoning them with insulin and interfering with
breathing tubes.
Detectives are now reviewing the care of some 4,000 babies
admitted to hospital while Letby was working as a neonatal
nurse.
Letby, who testified that she never harmed a child, has
continued to proclaim her innocence and has tried unsuccessfully
to appeal her convictions.
Some scientists and legal experts have questioned aspects of the
circumstantial and statistical evidence used at her trial, and
supporters have pushed for a review of the case.
A judge-led public inquiry is underway to examine failures by
the hospital to recognize why babies were dying in the neonatal
unit and to stop Letby sooner. It is not reviewing Letby’s
convictions.
Dr. Stephen Brearey, the senior pediatrician on the neonatal
unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, told the inquiry last
month that Letby is likely to have murdered or attacked more
babies before she killed her first known victim, a premature
twin boy known as Baby A, in June 2015.
“On reflection, I think it’s likely that Letby didn’t start
becoming a killer in June 2015, or didn’t start harming babies
in June 2015,” he said.
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