Letby’s childhood friend still stands by the killer nurse
SHOCKING unseen pictures show Lucy Letby partying at a pal’s wedding while on bail for m.u.r.d.e.r.i.n.g 7 new-born babies.
Letby’s buddy, who wished to remain anonymous, shared the photos as part of a documentary.
In 2023, Lucy Letby was found guilty of the horrifying k.i.l.l.i.n.g.s of 7 infants and the attempted k.i.l.l.i.n.g.s of seven more.
She was arrested a total of three times, once in 2018, once in 2019 and a final time in 2020
A friend of the child k.i.l.l.e.r, using the fake name Dawn, said she was thrilled that Letby could attend her wedding.
Despite the horrific accusations made against her, Letby looks to be in a good mood as seen in photos from the party, where she is seen dancing and laughing.
It is not clear when the pictures were captured, Letby was bailed in 2018 and 2019 but was denied bail after her third arrest in 2020.
Dawn was determined that her friend, who she met as a teenager, was innocent and sought special permission from authorities for the k.i.l.l.e.r to attend the wedding while on bail.
Dawn has supported Letby in spite of her heinous crimes because she still believes her childhood friend is innocent.
She went on to claim that scribbled notes found in Letby’s house weren’t any sort of confession as previously suggested.
According to her, Letby and she both received training in peer-support counseling and discovered that writing down their darkest emotions and concerns helped them cope with their anxieties.
Dawn was working when Letby was handed down a guilty verdict and said she couldn’t take the news in.
She said: “My assumption when all of this happened was that perhaps she had inadvertently forgotten bits of procedure or she has made some mistakes.
“There were those gloomy times when I wondered if she had unintentionally hurt someone since she was so recently certified in such a demanding setting, and maybe that’s why she was being singled out for these charges.
“Shortly after this she was held in custody, so I don’t think she has seen these [photographs].”
Dawn added: “‘I sat there dumbfounded for a while, not really knowing how to process what I was hearing.
“I didn’t believe it to be true. Immediately, my thoughts turned to what might happen next. She cannot simply spend the rest of her life behind bars; this cannot be it.
“I’m living a life that Lucy should be living beside me.”
Letby worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where the number of newborn d.e.a.t.h.s was almost three times higher than usual between 2015 and 2016.
The k.i.l.l.e.r nurse, 35, was found guilty of m.u.r.d.e.r.i.n.g 7 babies and attempting to m.u.r.d.e.r seven more, she is currently serving 15 life sentences.
Colleagues of the 35-year-old m.u.r.d.e.r.e.r still find it difficult to believe Letby was responsible for the k.i.l.l.i.n.g.s.
Karen Rees former head of urgent care nursing at the hospital also spoke in the documentary.
She said: “I loved working here.
“We were all shocked, really shocked, when I look back to when it all started, I don’t think any of us thought that this storyline would ride out the way it has.”
“I was informed that the f.a.t.a.l.i.t.y rates seemed to be higher than they had been in the prior years,” she said, reflecting on the past.
“It was tough because everyone was trying, thinking please let us find a reason for this.”
Letby was accused of being heartless and cold during her trial, but according to Ms. Rees, the convicted k.i.l.l.e.r was truly heartbroken by the charges.
Ms Rees was responsible for breaking the news to Letby that she was being removed from her role caring for new-borns.
Letby was moved to an out-of-the-way desk job in a humiliating move for the nurse.
Letby had to inform coworkers that this was her decision, according to Ms. Rees.
Rees said: “I was told just to say that concerns had been raised, and that this was seen as a neutral act.
“At this time, she was not facing any accusations. However, it deemed wiser to remove her from professional practice in order to safeguard both the infants on that neonatal unit and herself.
Letby didn’t even question the decision as she was marched away from the unit where she worked.
According to Ms. Rees, Letby was simply staring at her, stunned by the accusations made against her.
She went on to say that Letby cried a lot later on and, after police became involved, was prescribed antidepressants.
In May 2023, Letby disclosed at her trial that she was still using these drugs, which are known to suppress emotions and moods.
She also claimed that she had considered s.u.i.c.i.d.e at the time she was removed from the job she trained for.
In the documentary, Ms. Rees asserts that she never questioned Letby about her history of intentionally hurting people.
She continues by saying that she never believed Letby had purposefully h.u.r.t anyone, therefore she didn’t ask.
Ms Rees said: “I didn’t, I don’t believe it.”
The ITV documentary Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? will feature numerous emotional moments, including Rees’ discoveries.
Letby’s new barrister Mark McDonald admits to camera that, despite the involvement of some of the most distinguished doctors in the world, who say no crime was committed, an appeal may yet be refused on a technicality.
The counsel argues that the court was not at blame for the m.i.s.h.a.p because the challenges to the guilty decision might have been brought up during the initial trial.
