LONDON (AP) — British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others when she worked there, authorities said Wednesday.
The investigation will consider “areas including senior leadership and decision making to determine whether any criminality has taken place,” said Simon Blackwell, detective superintendent at Cheshire Constabulary.
Former nurse Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted in August of killing seven newborns in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between June 2015 and June 2016.
Prosecutors said she sickened the babies by injecting intravenous lines with air, poisoning some with insulin and force-feeding others milk.
It said it couldn't provide any details, because the inquiry was at an early stage.
Persons:
”, Simon Blackwell, Lucy Letby, Countess
Organizations:
— British, Cheshire Constabulary, Chester Hospital, Prosecutors, Government, Police
Locations:
England, Cheshire