Lucy Letby denies killing baby boy ‘to get attention of doctor she had a crush on’ after returning home from holiday

LUCY Letby has denied killing a baby boy to get the attention of a doctor she "had a crush on".

The nurse, 33, is alleged to have murdered Child O - a newborn triplet - on the day she went back to work after an Ibiza trip with pals.

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Letby returned to the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital on the morning of June 23, 2016.

By 1.15pm that day, she called for a doctor's assistance when the tot started vomiting following a milk feed 45 minutes earlier.

Manchester Crown Court heard Letby had texted the same doctor a few hours earlier, expressing it was "rubbish" he couldn't stay on the same ward as her.

Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, yesterday probed the murder-accused nurse on her relationship with the man in question, who cannot be named.

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Giving evidence for the 13th day, Letby denied being in love - insisting they were just friends.

Mr Johnson asked her: "Were you disappointed he was not there?"

Letby said: "Yes, I enjoyed working with [the doctor]."

Mr Johnson said: "Were you missing him?"

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Letby replied: "No, this was my first day back at work."

Mr Johnson continued: "Did you want to get his attention?"

Letby responded: "No."

Mr Johnson asked: "Is that the reason you sabotaged [Child O]?"

"No," Letby repeated.

Medical entries showed Letby signed for the feed of Child O in the afternoon.

But it was actually carried out by a student nurse she was mentoring.

Mr Johnson added: "You deliberately overfed [Child O], didn't you?"

Letby replied: "No I didn't. I was not feeding this baby."

The prosecutor asked her: "Were you trying to get [the doctor's] attention?"

Letby said: "Yes, I wanted him to be with [Child O]."

Mr Johnson said: "Personal attention as well?"

Letby replied: "No, he was the registrar on the unit that day."

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Letby, from Hereford, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others between June 2015 and June 2016 - which she has denied.

The trial continues.

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