A British neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby, has been accused of murdering seven newborn babies, and attempting to murder 10 other newborns and is currently on trial in front of a jury. 

She denies the charges.

One of the infants that Nurse Lucy Letby allegedly killed a few days after his birth was a baby identified as baby C. He was born prematurely at the Countess of Chester Hospital, weighed less than two pounds, and died on June 14, 2015. Baby C is second on the list of the seven children she allegedly murdered.

Nurse Lucy Letby, 32, is accused of killing seven babies, five boys, and two girls, by giving them insulin or injecting air into the babies’ bloodstreams. The nurse also faces attempted murder charges after being accused of trying to kill 10 other newborns in the Neonatal Unit at the hospital in the 12 months between June 2015 and June 2016.

During her trial, which began last month, Nurse Letby’s supervisor testified and recounted to the court what happened to Baby C, who is believed to have been injected with air into his stomach.

The supervisor said that she had tasked Letby with caring for another premature baby in another room, but the nurse kept returning to Baby C’s Intensive Care Unit. She did that several times, and within hours, the baby’s health suddenly declined, and he died.

The supervising nurse, whose name is withheld for her protection, said she asked Letby to focus on her assigned baby because the supervisor was still concerned about him. Still, Letby went into the family room, where Baby C was, a few times until the supervisor ordered her to leave the family of Baby C alone and allow his designated nurse to take care of him.

The prosecutor, Nick Johnson, read two interview summaries that Letby had with the police about Baby C’s death. In one of the interviews, Nurse Letby told investigators that she remembered Baby C because he had a tiny body. She also told them his death perturbed her because the baby lived for several hours after his collapse.

The prosecutor also told the jury how the mother of twin babies, Baby E and Baby F, had interrupted Nurse Letby as she was attacking Baby E. The mother of the twins arrived at the neonatal unit carrying milk for the babies, only to find Letby standing over Baby E, who was bleeding from the mouth. Letby assured his mother that the bleeding resulted from a sore throat. She told the mother to trust her because she was a medic.

Baby E died just five hours after nurse Letby was seen with him. Although his death was initially ruled as a gastrointestinal disorder, medics later discovered that he died due to gas injected into his bloodstream.

Nurse Letby then searched for the family on Facebook a couple of days after Baby E died and continued to do so for several months. It is unclear why she was looking for information about the parents of her alleged victims. She allegedly tried to kill the other twin, Baby F, a few days after Baby E died, but the baby was saved.

The trial continues.