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☆ British nurse Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal single attempted murder conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Former British nurse and convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby on Thursday lost an attempt to appeal against her conviction for trying to murder a newborn baby, amid questions over the fairness of her trials. Judge William Davis refused Letby’s application for leave to appeal against the conviction from her retrial. Letby attended the hearing by videolink from prison and sat impassively as the judge stated the court’s reasons for refusing her application. She can now only challenge those convictions if the Criminal Cases Review Commission refer those cases back to the Court of Appeal. Since her trials, Letby’s conviction has come under a spotlight, following criticism by some experts of medical and statistical evidence presented by the prosecution.

Persons: Lucy Letby, Countess, Letby, Nick Johnson, ” Letby’s, Benjamin Myers, “, ”, ” Myers, William Davis, videolink, ” Davis Organizations: Chester Hospital, Manchester Crown Court, London’s, Crown Prosecution Service Locations: British, Chester, England

☆ A food delivery driver who bit off a customer's thumb has been seen delivering food again
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA food delivery driver who pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm after biting off a customer's thumb has been spotted delivering food again, the BBC reported. Though Deliveroo riders have to be over 18 with no unspent criminal convictions, it's historically been up to individual riders, not Deliveroo itself, to check that their substitutes meet this criteria. But after Rocha appeared in court, the BBC spotted her twice collecting food for delivery on her moped, it reported. "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and are committed to preventing misuse of our platform," the spokesperson told BI. "We have strengthened our processes and recently introduced a new registration process and identity verification technology for substitute riders."

Persons: —, Jeniffer Rocha, Stephen Jenkinson, Jenkinson, Rocha, didn't, he'd, She's, Jenkinson — Organizations: Service, BBC, Business, Winchester Crown, Deliveroo

☆ Mendy sues Man City over unpaid wages after rape charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Mendy was found not guilty of one count of rape and one of attempted rape by a British court in July after being acquitted of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in January following allegations made by multiple women. Mendy's lawyer Nick De Marco confirmed he was acting for Mendy in a "multi-million pound claim for unauthorised deductions from wages" in an emailed statement to Reuters. "Manchester City FC failed to pay Mr Mendy any wages at all from September 2021, following Mr Mendy being charged with various offences all of which he was subsequently acquitted of, until the end of his contract in June 2023," the statement added. Mendy, currently at Ligue 1 side Lorient, joined City from AS Monaco in 2017 for a fee of around 52 million pounds ($64.80 million). ($1 = 0.8025 pounds)Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk and Sam Tobin in London; additional reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Benjamin Mendy, Phil Noble, Mendy, Nick De Marco, Mr Mendy, Anita Kobylinska, Sam Tobin, Lori Ewing, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Chester Crown Court, REUTERS, Manchester City, Premier League club, France, Mendy, Reuters, Manchester City FC, Ligue, Lorient, City, AS Monaco, Thomson Locations: Chester, Britain, Mendy, Gdansk, London

☆ UK killer nurse Letby to be re-tried over one alleged attempted murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Members of the media work near a large screen showing a picture of convicted hospital nurse Lucy Letby, ahead of her sentencing, outside the Manchester Crown Court, in Manchester, Britain, August 21, 2023. However, the jury were unable to agree on six charges of attempted murder involving five other infants. At a hearing at Manchester Crown Court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced they would now seek a new trial over one of those charges, with the trial date provisionally set for next year. "These decisions on whether to seek retrials on the remaining counts of attempted murder were extremely complex and difficult," said Jonathan Storer, a chief crown prosecutor. Earlier this month, lawyers for Letby, who maintains her innocence, submitted an application seeking permission for an appeal against her convictions.

Persons: Lucy Letby, Phil Noble, Letby, Countess, Chester, Jonathan Storer, Michael Holden, Kylie MacLellan Organizations: Manchester Crown Court, REUTERS, Crown Prosecution Service, CPS, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England

☆ Lucy Letby: Who is the killer British nurse jailed for whole life?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Cheshire Constabulary/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - British nurse Lucy Letby was jailed for life on Monday, with no prospect of release, for murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the hospital where she worked in northwest England. Here are details about Letby, one of the country's worst serial child killers, and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor -- Lucy Letby.

Persons: Lucy Letby, LUCY LETBY, Countess, Chester, Prosecutors, Letby, Paul Hughes, James Goss, Nicola Evans, Evans, Hughes, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher, William James Our Organizations: Cheshire Police, Manchester Crown, Reuters, . Cheshire Constabulary, REUTERS Acquire, WHO, Chester University, Chester Hospital, Chester Hospital ., Police, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England, Hereford

☆ Killer UK nurse Lucy Letby jailed for the rest of her life
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Members of the media work near a large screen showing a picture of convicted hospital nurse Lucy Letby, ahead of her sentencing, outside the Manchester Crown Court, in Manchester, Britain, August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nurse Lucy Letby, Britain's most prolific serial child killer in modern times, will spend the rest of her life behind bars, a judge ordered on Monday following her conviction for murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six. "This was a cruel calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children," said the judge, James Goss, who sentenced her to life imprisonment with no prospect of release. "There was a deep malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions ... You have no remorse. Reporting by Michael Holden, Editing by Kylie MacLellanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lucy Letby, Phil Noble, Countess, Chester, James Goss, Michael Holden, Kylie MacLellan Organizations: Manchester Crown Court, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England

☆ Lucy Letby: British nurse refuses to appear to be sentenced for murdering seven babies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —A British nurse refused to appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked. It emerged during the trial that police had found a series of handwritten notes by Letby, including one that read: "I am evil I did this." It emerged that before Letby murdered Child E, he started bleeding when she tried to assault him. But the hospital’s management initially dismissed concerns raised by clinicians over the increased mortality rate of patients under Letby’s care, PA reported. In 2016, Letby won a grievance complaint that she had filed against her employers after learning of their initial allegations.

Persons: London CNN —, Lucy Letby, Rishi Sunak, Letby, ”, ” Letby, Countess, Chester, duping, ‘, Child, F, “, E Organizations: London CNN, Manchester Crown Court, Media, Prosecution Service, Prosecutors, Cheshire Constabulary, Authorities, National Health Service Locations: England, Manchester

☆ Factbox: Who is killer British nurse Lucy Letby?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here are details about her and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? She completed a nursing degree at Chester University in northwest England and after qualifying, she began to work in the neonatal unit of the city's Countess of Chester Hospital. WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor - Lucy Letby.

Persons: Lucy Letby, LUCY LETBY, Countess, Chester, Prosecutors, Letby, Paul Hughes, Nicola Evans, Evans, Hughes, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher, William James Our Organizations: Cheshire Police, Manchester Crown, Reuters, . Cheshire Constabulary, REUTERS Acquire, WHO, Chester University, Chester Hospital, Chester Hospital ., Police, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England, Hereford

☆ British Nurse Is Convicted of Killing Seven Newborns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Megan Specia | More About Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A British nurse was found guilty on Friday in the deaths of seven newborns and the attempted murders of six others at Manchester Crown Court, according to the police department responsible for the investigation, ending a yearslong case that has haunted England since a string of deaths in the neonatal unit where the nurse worked came to light in 2016. The nurse, Lucy Letby, 33, was accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in the city of Chester, in northwestern England, between June 2015 and June 2016. She was first charged in 2020. Over the course of the trial, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by poisoning them and injecting them with milk, air, and insulin. She denied those accusations.

Persons: Lucy Letby, Countess, Letby Organizations: Manchester Crown, Chester Hospital Locations: England, Chester

CNN —A British nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the hospital where she worked, making her the country’s worst baby serial killer in recent times. But concerns raised by consultants over the increased mortality rate of patients under Letby’s care were initially dismissed by the hospital’s management, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported. In September 2016, Letby filed a grievance against her employers after she was relocated from the hospital’s neonatal ward. “Justice has been served and the nurse who should have been caring for our babies has been found guilty of harming them. “We are heartbroken, devastated, angry and feel numb.”Letby will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on August 21.

Persons: CNN —, Lucy Letby, Countess, Chester, duping, Letby, Elizabeth Cook, ‘, ”, “, ” Pascale Jones, ” ‘, ’ Organizations: CNN, Manchester Crown Court, Police, Prosecution Service, Consultants, UK’s, Media, Royal College of Nursing, CPS, ”, “ Locations: Manchester, England

☆ Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of rape and attempted rape Benjamin Mendy: Former Manchester City footballer found not guilty of rape and attempted rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has asked for privacy to begin “rebuilding his life” after he was found not guilty on a charge of rape and a separate charge of attempted rape. But jurors at the time failed to decide on two charges, resulting in the second trial. Outside court, Mendy said, “Alhamdulillah,” meaning “praise be to God” in Arabic. Mendy, who plays as a left-back, was suspended by Manchester City in August 2021 when the original charges against him were announced. He began his career playing professional leagues in France for Le Havre, Olympique de Marseille, and Monaco before moving to Britain to play for Manchester City.

Persons: Benjamin Mendy, Mendy, “, Jenny Wiltshire, “ Benjamin Mendy, ” Organizations: London CNN — Former Manchester City, French, Chester Crown, CNN, Crown Prosecution Service, CPS, Manchester City, Le Havre, Olympique de Marseille Locations: England, France, Monaco, Britain

☆ A British youth working from a bedroom at his grandfather's house made 'slick videos' that could have inspired 2 US mass shooters, a court heard
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Far-right videos made by a British teen were viewed by two men who went on to commit mass shootings. The court previously heard that his videos had been viewed by two men who went on to commit mass murders in the US last year. Payton Gendron, the then-18-year-old mass shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last May, was known to have watched Harris' videos. The Buffalo shooter commented on a video made by Harris about the perpetrator behind the 2019 mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, The Guardian reported. The Buffalo shooter responded: "You are not alone my friend."

☆ Manchester City's Mendy found not guilty on six counts of rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy arrives at Chester Crown Court for his trial following allegations of rape and sexual assault, Chester, Britain, December 22, 2022 REUTERS/Phil Noble/File PhotoLONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault on Friday, while jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, British media reported on Friday. The trial had been taking place at Chester Crown Court since August after 13 women made allegations against Mendy and co-accused Louis Saha Matturie. The BBC reported that Mendy covered his face with both hands as the jury foreman repeated "not guilty" to the six counts. The verdicts were delivered on Wednesday but could not be reported until the jury finished considering the remaining two charges. Mendy last played for City against Tottenham Hotspur in August, 2021 and was suspended by the Premier League club later that month when he was arrested.

☆ Trial underway for U.K. nurse accused of killing 7 babies, attempting to kill 10 others
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — A hospital neonatal nurse in Britain accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor said Monday. Sometimes babies who had been sick, but then been on the mend suddenly deteriorated for no apparent reason,” he told the jury. The two boys’ blood sugar levels dropped to dangerous levels, Johnson said, but both survived after help from medical staff. The first baby allegedly targeted by Letby was a prematurely born boy who was killed at just a day old in June 2015, Johnson said. Police launched an investigation into the deaths of a number of babies at the hospital in May 2017.

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