Evil Lucy Letby struck off & stripped of all nursing credentials after being jailed for life for murdering seven babies
EVIL Lucy Letby has been struck off and stripped of all nursing credentials after she was jailed for life for murdering seven babies.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council decided to strip Letby of her status after a two-day hearing in London.
Letby, currently locked up at HMP Bronzefield, was allowed to attend but did not appear.
The neo-natal nurse was suspended from the register in 2020.
At a hearing in east London on Tuesday, Christopher Scott, for the NMC, told a fitness to practice panel that Letby faces 14 charges, brought by the council, which reflect her criminal convictions.
Mr Scott said it is "a matter of legal fact" that Letby was convicted of seven counts each of murder and attempted murder at Manchester Crown Court in August.
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The panel heard Letby was asked in a "tick-box exercise" if she accepts the NMC charges.
She ticked "yes" to each of the charges but added: "I do not wish to take part or be present at the hearing. I do not resist the application to strike me off the nursing register.
"I accept the fact of the convictions. However I do not accept that I am guilty of any of the allegations.
"I maintain my innocence in respect of all of the convictions.
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"These convictions are now the subject of an appeal."
Mr Scott asked the panel to strike Letby off.
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.
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".
In a statement, Andrea Sutcliffe, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, said: "The thoughts and sympathies of everyone at the NMC remain with the parents, families and children whose lives have been so terribly impacted by Lucy Letby's heinous and heart-breaking crimes.
“As soon as there was a verdict in the criminal trial, we moved forward with our own fitness to practise proceedings as quickly as possible, and we can confirm that an independent panel has today ordered that Ms Letby be struck off the register.
“This will take effect in January when Ms Letby will cease to be a registered nurse. In the meantime, she remains under interim suspension from the register.”
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.
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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.