Mum whose child died finds picture of killer nurse Lucy Letby at christening

A mom whose one-month-old child died on the unit the place Lucy Letby labored has mentioned she is “sickened” by a photograph of the nurse together with her son.

Emily Morris,35, mentioned her son Alvin died within the neo natal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2013 after being born with muscular dystrophy.

She mentioned Letby’s “weird” behaviour was confirmed by a newly revealed picture which the household discovered on a disc in a reminiscence field which exhibits Letby subsequent to Alvin in his christening garments.

She is looking for the loss of life to be reinvestigated and police mentioned inquiries have been happening.

Ms Morris, 35, and Alvin’s stepdad Mark Lewis, 39, solely noticed the image for the primary time on Thursday.

It had been saved on a disc included in a reminiscence field and they didn’t have a laptop computer on which they might obtain the photographs.

Emily, from Deeside, Flintshire informed the BBC :”It shocked us. It’s actually laborious, to see an individual who has carried out that to these infants subsequent to you. It makes you sick. You can see she is grabbing his blanket. I’ve informed all people that she did that and now there’s proof. That’s proof that she was with him.”

Ms Morris mentioned she was first involved about Letby’s behaviour when she attended her son’s christening on the hospital.

She mentioned: “She wanted to touch him and change the bedding and constantly wanted to lean over him. And you just think, ‘that’s weird for a nurse’. But all the other nurses were absolutely fine with him. At the christening, when my family was leaning over the pram to make a fuss of him, she was constantly keeping her eyes on my family.”

Letby,now 33, was discovered responsible of murdering seven infants and making an attempt to kill six others on the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She was given a whole-life sentence, that means she is going to spend the remainder of her life in jail.

The UK authorities’s Department of Health and Social Care has ordered an unbiased inquiry to have a look at the broader circumstances surrounding what occurred, together with the dealing with of clinicians’ considerations.

Letby wrote a message in Alvin’s christening e book, which learn: “To Alvin, with love on your special day.”

Ms Morris mentioned: “It was heartbreaking, seeing her name in the book, because of all the things we read in the news saying the kids that got targeted were the ones she wrote to. So I think in my heart Alvin might have been targeted.”

Ms Morris mentioned police investigating Lucy Letby informed her in 2018 that they’d not discovered any suspicious circumstances in Alvin’s case, however referred to as on them to re-examine the proof.

“I would feel sick to my stomach knowing that she hurt my boy, because he was the happiest baby in the world, giggling and laughing, loving life. So I would really hate it if she had actually hurt my son.”

Mr Lewis added he welcomed the news that the unbiased inquiry into the Letby case would have powers to compel witnesses to offer proof.

He mentioned “every single case that was involved with Lucy Letby” ought to be thought-about.

“Families need answers,” he mentioned.

Det Supt Paul Hughes of Cheshire Police mentioned the power was “committed to a complete and thorough investigation into the full period of time that Lucy Letby was employed as a nurse”.

“This investigation remains ongoing, through a transparent and open-minded process,” he mentioned.

“The families of all babies, who are part of this investigation, have been informed and are supported. We will of course provide a more detailed update when we can.”