Evil Lucy Letby faces being struck off nursing register today after being jailed for life for murdering seven babies
EVIL Lucy Letby could be struck off the nursing register later today after she murdered seven babies.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council will today decide whether to strip her of her status after a two-day hearing in London.
Letby, currently locked up at HMP Bronzefield, is allowed to attend but is not expected to appear.
The neo-natal nurse was suspended from the register in 2020.
She is serving a whole life term for murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital from 2015 to 2016.
The 33-year-old also faces a retrial at Manchester crown court in June for one count of attempted murder.
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She was cleared of two other attempted murder charges during her first trial.
Letby is appealing her original convictions.
Her original 10-month trial racked up £1million in legal aid.
She has round-the-clock protection at HMP Bronzefield after being moved from Low Newton jail in Co Durham.
During the trial, the court heard that Letby used various methods to harm the babies that she was supposed to be caring for.
These included injecting air into the bloodstream, overfeeding with milk and poisoning with insulin.
Mr Justice Goss told Letby at her sentencing that there was a "malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions".
He added that the case was a "cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children".
Letby's crimes make her the UK's most prolific killer nurse and Britain’s worst-ever female serial killer.
Only three other women have been handed the same sentence, and been told that they will die behind bars, in the UK.
Serial killers Rose West, the late Moors Murderer Myra Hindley and Joanna Dennehy were all handed whole life orders for their horrific crimes.
A public inquiry to determine how Letby's crimes were able to happen has been set up.
It will look at how the NHS handled the case and how it responded to doctors who raised concerns about Letby.