Staff at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked could face criminal prosecution for alleged ‘gross negligence’, police confirmed on Thursday night. The former neonatal nurse, 35, is serving fifteen whole life terms in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six while working at the Countess of Chester hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

British police said on Thursday they had widened an investigation into manslaughter at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing seven babies, had worked.

The lawyers representing child killer Lucy Letby believe she is a victim of a monumental miscarriage of justice after she was given 15 whole life orders for the mass killings of babies at the Countess

A criminal probe into the hospital where Lucy Letby attacked babies has been widened to focus on individual staff, police have said. Cheshire Police said it opened a corporate manslaughter investigation at the Countess of Chester Hospital in October 2023, focusing on the decisions of senior leaders.

Staff at the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered babies could face gross negligence manslaughter charges, police have revealed.Detectives investigating the Countess of Chester Hospital for potential corporate manslaughter over baby deaths between 2012 and 2016 have widened their probe to include individuals who are now under investigation for possible gross negligence manslaughter.

The lawyer representing Lucy Letby insists police are making a 'huge mistake' after broadening their investigation into the hospital where she worked.

An investigation into corporate manslaughter was launched in October 2023 following the trial and conviction of the ex-nurse - but Cheshire Constabulary have now widened their probe.

Police who announced hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges have made a "huge mistake" the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed. | ITV News Granada

Detectives have upgraded their criminal investigation against the Countess of Chester Hospital from a corporate manslaughter inquiry following the Lucy Letby murders

The former nurse, 31, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others between 2015 and 2016 while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Detectives who investigated the murders of babies, leading to the conviction of nurse Lucy Letby, have launched new probes into whether anyone should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Letby is serving 15 whole life orders in prison after being convicted of killing seven babies,