The Investigation Of Lucy Letby will release globally on Netflix on February 4 and has new footage and fresh evidence around the case
A Netflix documentary examining the probe into convicted child killer Lucy Letby will showcase unseen clips of the nurse being interrogated and pleading with police. The programme will also feature fresh testimony from officers and input from the mother of one of the casualties. This marks the first occasion a family member from the prosecution has participated in a documentary.
Letby is shown close to tears speaking at a police station, and she says: “I felt like I’d only done my best for those babies.” The preview also includes clips from her police questioning where she states: “It was all just spiralling out of control.”
She is also told she wrote a note saying ‘I killed them on purpose’. Stony faced, Letby replies: “No comment.” Later she says “Yeah, I love my job.”
The Investigation Of Lucy Letby will launch worldwide on Netflix on Wednesday February 4. The preview for the documentary contains footage of Letby in her bedroom as officers inform her she is being detained for murder and attempted murder. It also captures her departing her residence under arrest whilst wearing a dressing gown.
It also displays the worldwide media focus her trial generated, the chaos it created on social media and the uncertainty that has been raised regarding her conviction.
Letby, 36, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole- life sentences after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016.
On Tuesday it was confirmed Letby will face no additional charges over extra deaths and collapses of infants that were examined by police. Last year, Cheshire Constabulary submitted further evidence to prosecutors for review, relating to eight potential attempted murder charges and one murder charge at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Two additional allegations of attempted murder and murder were connected to one child at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Lady Justice Thirlwall’s inquiry report examining how Letby managed to carry out her crimes on a hospital neonatal unit is expected to be published this year.
There has already been a number of documentaries about the convicted killer including on ITV, Channel 4 and BBC.
In ITV documentary Lucy Letby : Beyond Reasonable Doubt? there were a number of medical experts who are critical of large elements of the evidence used to convict her.
After two trials, Letby was found guilty of killing seven newborn babies and attempting to kill seven others in one of the most shocking murder cases in British history. She was handed fifteen whole life sentences, meaning she will never be released from prison.
Letby has failed twice in appeal. Instead, her defence team are attempting to use another route to get a judge to re-examine the case.
They have submitted an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), an independent public body which examines potential miscarriages of justice.
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