0h 23min, jan 20, 2026 y - Letby to Not face Further Charges

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Lucy Letby will face no new criminal charges over baby deaths and collapses at hospitals where she worked.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had reviewed evidence into further allegations of murder and attempted murder against nine children at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital but "the evidential test was not met in any of those cases".

Cheshire Police, which submitted the evidence, said the decision was "not the outcome that we had anticipated".

Former nurse Letby is serving 15 whole-life terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016.

Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS's special crime and counter terrorism division, said it had written to the families involved and would offer meetings to explain the decision.

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