Lucy Letby trial told 'active babies' can dislodge breathing tubes

Babies that are "active" are capable of dislodging their own breathing tubes, a nurse has told a court at the trial of killer nurse Lucy Letby.

Joanne Williams, Baby K's designated nurse, told Manchester Crown Court, she had temporarily left Letby and others at the unit that evening to speak to Baby K's parents.It is alleged Letby struck when Ms Williams went to update Baby K's parents on the labour ward about the wellbeing of their child and a pending transfer to a specialist hospital because of her extreme prematurity.

Ms Williams said she could not remember asking a specific colleague to watch Baby K, also referred to in court as Child K, when she left to speak to infant's parents at about 03:30 GMT.Ms Williams said: "She would have been stable to the point at what was acceptable for a 25-weeker baby...otherwise I would not have left."

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