CCTV in hospital nursery would have stopped Lucy Letby killing a baby girl, her mother tells inquiry
09/17/2024 05:46 PM
CCTV in a hospital nursery would have stopped Lucy Letby killing a baby girl, her mother has told the public inquiry.
The serial killer nurse injected air into Child D's bloodstream in 2015.
The baby's mum said if she had known what was going on in the room her tot would not have died.
Hospitals were asked in the Thirlwall Inquiry if they have considered installing CCTV following Letby murdering seven babies and attempted to kill seven others.
Child D's mother said: "If there was CCTV or we were kept aware of what was going on, she wouldn't have died.
"I would have been there it so it wouldn't have happened."
“She was doing well. I was promised it would be OK to go to sleep that night and I would wake up and I would be able to feed her and hold her.
“And we got woken up in the morning to be told ‘no, this is not happening’.
Everything just crumbled. It was just a whirlwind of emotion and disaster, and I had lots of questions straightaway.
“You are going home without your baby but you know things aren’t right. Nothing made sense.”
Letby, 34, is serving 15 whole-life orders. The inquiry continues.
