Katharina Buczek
That morning, day four of Lucy Letby’s murder trial began at Manchester Crown Court at about 5:30 a.m. EST. Lucy wore a black suit as her parents, John and Susan, and the family members of her alleged victims sat in the gallery.
The prosecution, led by Nick Johnson KC, concluded its opening statement today by detailing the cases of Children P and Q.
Johnson claimed that after Lucy allegedly murdered Child O, she then shifted her focus to Child P and killed the baby boy just one day later, on June 23, 2016. Both of the children were related and two of three triplets.
Child P died via “somebody injecting him with air,” according to independent medical experts– the same cause of death present in the majority of the other children’s cases.
Additionally, it was revealed that Lucy apparently spent time with Children O and P’s parents after Child P died. Then, she took a photo of both children lying together in a cot.
Next, the prosecution moved on to Child Q– a baby boy who was assigned to Lucy the day after Child P’s death. Child Q is also the final infant included in the indictment.
According to the prosecution, Lucy “sabotaged” the baby boy– because after Child Q’s feeding time at 9:00 a.m., the baby boy began to deteriorate.
Johnson claims that Lucy tried to create an alibi by making notes in the charts of other babies and making it appear as though she was not involved in Child Q’s declining health state.
And after Child Q deteriorated, he did make a reasonable recovery.
“When she went home that night, Lucy Letby was worried. She must have gotten the impression that people had become suspicious of what she was doing,” Johnson told the court.
Then, once Child Q was transferred to the Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool, he “quickly stabilized.” At the same time, Lucy allegedly texted another doctor in her ward and asked if she needed to be worried.
