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British nurse, Lucy Letby, found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others, has been denied initial permission to appeal her conviction, a judicial spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Court found Letby guilty, last year, of killing five baby boys and two girls at the neonatal unit of Countess of Chester Hospital in northern England over 13 months from 2015.
She injected the infants with insulin or air or force-feeding them milk.
The 34-year-old, Britain’s worst serial child killer in modern history, received a whole-life order sentence.
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This means she will remain in prison for life. But she launched an appeal in September.
“A judge, who considered the case papers refused Letby’s application for an appeal against her convictions,” the judicial spokesperson said.
Letby has 14 days to renew her appeal bid. And if she does, a hearing would be held in court with three judges deciding whether to allow it to proceed, the spokesperson added. (Reuters)
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