Lawyer for UK nurse accused of baby murders warns against 'presumption of guilt'

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Jurors have been hearing the case since October, and are set to begin deliberations shortly over the 22 charges she faces. theSun thesundaily nurse killingbabies LucyLetby ChesterHospital

: The prosecution of a nurse accused of killing seven babies at a UK hospital where she worked has been “riddled by the presumption of guilt”, her lawyer said on Monday.

“Being fair and working on the basis that someone is innocent until proven guilty is how our law works.” Letby is accused of targeting newborns by various means between June 2015 and June 2016, including giving them injections of insulin, air or milk. Prosecutors argued she was a “very calculating woman” who told lies deliberately, telling the jury she had “murdered many children”.

 

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