A re-cap of some aspects of baby H's case.
The first alleged attempted murder happened in the early morning hours of 26th Sept, the second in the early morning hours of 27th Sep.
(parts of) electronic evidence -
The sequence goes to the night shift of September 25-
26, in which
Lucy Letby is listed as a designated nurse in nursery room 1 for Child H. No other babies are in nursery room 1, with four babies (including Child G) in room 2, four in room 3 and four in room 4.
Dr Alison Ventress confirms in a clinical record she was crash called at 3.24am as Child H "had desat requiring bagging...Sats 60s then heart rate down to less than 100 so nurses crash called, wasn't being handled at all, no trigger identified.'
Dr John Gibbs, consultant paediatrician, records he was called from home at 3.30am and arrived at the neonatal unit at 3.36am. He saw 'CPR in progress', [...]
Letby records a Child H family communication at 4.28am: 'Parents visiting at start of shift. Updated on condition and advised to try and rest overnight. Midwife contacted during resus to [help take mum to the unit].'
A follow-up note said parents were concerned about the possibility of brain damage, and Child H remained poorly and could relapse. Dr John Gibbs offered a blessing to be administered and the parents accepted the offer.
Child H was then blessed with parents and family members present.
Recap: Lucy Letby trial, Wednesday, January 18
Text messages after [1st] shift at approx 9am [
BBM] -
Yvonne Griffiths (deputy manager) to LL: "
Hope you have a good sleep. I just want to commend you for all you hard work these last few nights. You composed yourself very well during a stressful situation. It's nice to see your confidence grow as you advance through your career x"
LL messages a colleague, who cannot be named, asking her how she should reply. The conversation alludes to a disagreement among the neonatal unit staff regarding a Christening for one of the babies in the unit.
LL to YG: "
Thank you. That's really nice to hear as I gather you are aware of some of the not so positive comments that have been made recently regarding my role which I have found quite upsetting. "Our job is a pleasure to do & just hope I do the best for the babies & their Family. Thank you to you & [another colleague] for your support X".
LL to her colleague: "
I'm still frustrated/upset with what's gone on but don't think such rubbish nights & being tired help"
Colleague: "
Good reply as it's important they know about the bitchiness which is all it is. Yes re tired..." "Anyway. You're a star. You've done yourself proud. You've given positive memories to the family whatever the outcome. Let's hope they can tease her in a few yrs about her 'attention seeking' ways. Sleep well. Xx "Always a pleasure to work with you even if we're a '[s***] magnet' team".
Lucy Letby: Nurse 'commended' for work during 'stressful situation'
The following nightshift, the night of the second alleged attempted murder of baby H, 26-27, nurse Shelley Tomlins was baby H's designated nurse and LL was allocated to a different nursery but texted a colleague to say she was helping Shelley with H and didn't have the responsibility. After the shift LL texted her mentor colleague and Dr Ventress (who were both on duty for the first collapse) to tell them about the resus just before 1am lasting 7 minutes. Her mentor says there's something odd with H, and LL replies
none of them had breaks and it
always seems to happen at night when less people, and they then discuss a change of unit, with LL saying she still thinks about the Women's. Dr Ventress asks if they know why it happened this time, and tells LL she's a fab nurse.
(part of) LL's mentor's testimony about the disputes involving LL -
Mr Myers asked the witness: “Was there
an issue with Lucy Letby being relatively junior compared to others and some debate about her
going into Nursery One to look after more poorly babies?”
“Sometimes, yes,” she replied.
Mr Myers said: “And sometimes a bit of an under-the-surface dispute about that, is that correct?”
The witness said: “Yes.”
Lucy Letby: Medics could find no reason why baby ‘suddenly collapsed’
(parts of) LL's evidence in chief for baby H -
[...]
The second event is being discussed.
[...]
Letby is asked if she had any awareness of any of the events, including at 0055, the event Letby is being blamed for by the prosecution.
Letby: "No."
Recap: Lucy Letby trial, Monday, May 15 - defence continues
Five handover sheets featured the name of Child H - who we are hearing about currently.
"Why is it that you have a handover sheet for Child H in that bag when police come to your house several years later?" asks Ben Myers KC.
"It's just come back with me from working and inadvertently left in my home," Letby replies.
On the other handover sheets referring to Child H, Letby says they had not been taken out of her pocket at the end of her shift.
"They've come home with me and I've not disposed of them," she says.
[...]
In her response, Letby thanks her colleague and says it was "nice to hear" as she had received "not so nice comments" from other staff about her role, which she found "upsetting".
Asked what she is referring to, the defendant tells the court other colleagues were "not happy" with her looking after babies in the intensive care nursery as she was newly qualified.
"
They wanted that experience and we had got that," she says.
Lucy Letby trial as it happened: Letby's Facebook messages shown in court - as lawyer says she 'cooked the records'
(parts of) LL's cross-examination for baby H -
The court hears this was with regard to
Letby and colleague Shelley Tomlins being allocated shifts in room 1, over other nurses who needed the experience.
Letby says she cannot recall which nurses, specifically, had been making those comments,
but they were band 6 nurses. Letby agrees this message followed events for Child H.
Mr Johnson refers to the staffing rota for September 25-26. Letby says
it was not the night staff who were making the comments. Mr Johnson asks if it was the day staff, why did they allocate Child H to Letby? Letby replies the comments had come in recent days prior to this.
[...]
Recap: Lucy Letby trial, May 24 - cross-examination continues
Letby has previously said she was looking after "another severely disabled baby" at the time Child H
first collapsed.
But paperwork from the unit shows the severely disabled baby in question was born later in the shift.
Lucy Letby trial as it happened: Letby's Facebook messages shown in court - as lawyer says she 'cooked the records'
(2/2) NJKC: "Were people talking about you being associated with the collapses of lots of children at different times?"
LL: "Not at all"
NJKC: "Was that the negative comments you were talking about?"
LL: "No"
NJKC: "Were people starting to notice (the association)?"
LL: "No"
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[re shift of first collapse -]
Letby says she cannot recall which SHO was on duty that night. Mr Johnson says the SHO on duty was Jessica Scott, and she has not recorded a note saying she was present for this.
[...]
Mr Johnson says Child H's father's statement, which was agreed evidence, did not mention a collapse or an SHO being present.
Letby denies lying.
Dr Alison Ventress records a note for Child H, timed 11.50pm. It begins 'Several episodes of desaturation in past 2 hours...1st one after gas taken...became agitated...'
Mr Johnson says Letby told this information to Dr Ventress.
Letby says she did not know if she told her this information, she may have been present in the room.
[re shift of second collapse -]
At 12.45am on September 27, Letby is recorded as 'liking' a post on Facebook. At 12.46am, she liked a Facebook photo posted by a colleague.
Letby says
she may have been on her break at this point.
Recap: Lucy Letby trial, May 25 - cross-examination continues
