What is Lucy Letby?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Lucy Letby | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|01|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hereford]], England | alma_mater = [[University of Chester]] | occupation = [[Registered nurse]] (suspended)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/ftpoutcomes/2023/march-2023/reasons-letby-icio-67757-20230313.pdf|publisher=Nursing and Midwifery Council Investigating Committee|title=Interim Order Review Meeting|date=13 March 2023|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818192036/https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/ftpoutcomes/2023/march-2023/reasons-letby-icio-67757-20230313.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | known_for = Murdering babies at the [[Countess of Chester Hospital]] | victims = 13 | country = United Kingdom | beginyear = 2015 | endyear = 2016 | conviction = [[Murder]] (7 counts)<br>[[Attempted murder]] (6 counts) }} '''Lucy Letby''' (born 4 January 1990) is a British [[serial killer]] and former nurse. She was arrested in July 2018. This was after there were many baby deaths at the [[Countess of Chester Hospital]] between June 2015 and June 2016, while she was a nurse. In August 2023, Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and [[Attempted murder|attempting to murder]] six others. She was sentenced to a [[whole life order]] on 21 August. She received 15 whole life orders, one for each charge. == Early life and education == Letby was born in [[Hereford]], England, on 4 January 1990. She learnt at multiple schools in the city, including at [[Hereford Sixth Form College]]. She pursued her education in nursing at the [[University of Chester]], where she also worked as a student nurse during her three years of training, carrying out placements at [[Liverpool Women's Hospital]] and the [[Countess of Chester Hospital]]