THE jury in the trial of baby murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby resumed deliberations today (Monday, July 24).

Letby, 33, denies murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit and attempting to murder 10 more.

After nine months of hearing evidence, the jurors had retired to consider verdicts on the 22 charges Letby faces on July 10.

The 22 charges are seven of murder, and 15 of attempted murder, which the prosecution allege happened at the neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

In its first week, the jury spent a collective total of more than 24 hours in the deliberation room.

But on Monday, July 17, trial judge Mr Justice James Goss said only 10 of the 12 jurors were present, and that meant no deliberations could take place. 

Ultimately, no deliberations took place last week.

However, on Monday, July 24, the trial judge allowed deliberations to resume at 10.30am, with deliberations continuing until 4pm.

During the day, a question rose from the jury, asking for clarification on how long it would take for insulin and insulin c-peptide levels to return to normal in a baby after manufactured insulin is stopped.

The judge replied there had been no evidence heard in respect of that. He said the recordings of the insulin and insulin c-peptide ratio were from blood samples analysed and the results were relayed to the hospital days later, when the babies' blood sugar readings had returned to normal.  

The jury is expected to continue deliberations on Tuesday.

 

The Standard will continue to provide news on any developments from court.

For a complete index of our coverage on the trial, visit  https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23152082.countess-nurse-lucy-letby-happened-trial-far/