THE jury in the trial of baby murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby has been sent home following deliberations for a seventh day today (Tuesday, July 25).
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.
No deliberations took place last week, and the jury of 12 resumed deliberations on Monday. So far, the jury has been deliberating for over 35 hours.
Yesterday, 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 resumed deliberations on Tuesday at 10.30am and concluded for the day at 4pm.
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/
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