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<\/div>\nNeo-natal nurse Lucy Letby, 32, of seven murders and 15 attempted murders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Police probing a spate of baby deaths at a UK hospital found a note stating “I am evil I did this” at the home of a nurse accused of killing them, a court was told on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Another read “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them. I am a horrible evil person”.<\/p>\n
Neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby, 32, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court in northwest England, accused of seven murders and 15 attempted murders.<\/p>\n
The offences, which she denies, allegedly took place at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester between June 2015 and June 2016.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Nick Johnson said the notes were found among papers and other notes which also contained “many protestations of innocence”.<\/p>\n
He told jurors as he concluded his opening speech that Letby was put on clerical duties when she fell under suspicion before her arrest in July 2018.<\/p>\n
A subsequent police search of her home in Chester found papers relating to many of the children who died or suffered collapses.<\/p>\n
The note reading “I am evil I did this”, which was shown to the court, was written in capital letters.<\/p>\n
The lawyer said other papers found indicated that Letby was frustrated at not being allowed back on the neo-natal ward and claims she was innocent.<\/p>\n
“I haven’t done anything wrong and they have no evidence so why have I had to hide away?” one read.<\/p>\n
The trial, which opened on Monday and is expected to last six months, has been told that Letby used different methods to attack the newborns.<\/p>\n
They included insulin poisoning and injecting air into their bloodstream, causing them to stop breathing, the prosecution has alleged.<\/p>\n
Most of the babies were born prematurely and included twins and triplets. The youngest was just a day old.<\/p>\n
The charges relate to 17 children, none of whom can be named because of a court order. Some were allegedly attacked more than once.<\/p>\n
Defence lawyer Ben Myers, representing Letby, told jurors that it would be “staggeringly unfair” to convict his client without hearing any evidence.<\/p>\n
He told them the defence would argue that in some of the cases it was not clear why the child died or their condition deteriorated.<\/p>\n
Letby was a “dedicated nurse” and only wanted to care for the babies she looked after, he said.<\/p>\n
“The defence say she is not guilty of causing intentional harm to any baby or to killing any baby,” he added. “Anyone who approaches this as some kind of a done deal has got this very badly wrong.”<\/p>\n
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