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Letby refused to come to the courtroom to hear powerful and emotional victim impact statements from the families of her young victims during Monday’s sentencing hearing.
Letby had been found guilty of murdering six babies and seven counts of attempted murder at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2015 and 2016.
In his sentencing remarks Justice James Goss said Letby showed no remorse.
“This was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and vulnerable of children,” he said.
Justice Goss added that Letby’s actions were of “a deep malevolence bordering on sadism”.
He said the great majority of Letby’s victims suffered acute pain and that they all fought for survival before adding “there was premeditation, calculations and cunning in your actions”.
He also noted that Letby was no doubt an intelligent and outwardly conscientious hardworking, knowledgeable and competent nurse which enabled her to hurt babies without arousing suspicion for some time.
The judge said that the impact of Letby’s crimes has been immense with the lives of lives of newborn babies ending as soon as they began and lifelong harm caused in horrific circumstances.
Letby avoided the harrowing and heavily charged atmosphere of the Manchester crown court room where the parents of the babies outlined their utter devastation and ongoing trauma.
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