Lucy Letby: Baby was stable the day before she died, jury told

A elder doc has told jurors astatine Lucy Letby's execution proceedings that a babe was "making bully progress" and clinically "stable" the time earlier she died.

It is alleged caregiver Ms Letby injected aerial into the bloodstream of the baby, known arsenic Child D, astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital successful June 2015.

She is accused astatine Manchester Crown Court of murdering 7 babies and attempting to execution 10 others astatine the infirmary betwixt 2015 and 2016.

Ms Letby, 32, denies 22 charges.

Dr Sarah Rylance, who was antecedently a registrar astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital, told jurors she was "happy" with Child D's objective condition.

Dr Rylance, who was connected displacement the time earlier Child D's death, said the babe had "a precise satisfactory day" connected 21 June 2015 and was improving, successful bully colour and not needing oxygen support.

"She had shown bully betterment from the information erstwhile I archetypal saw her connected the neonatal portion the erstwhile evening", she said.

But erstwhile aboriginal pressed by Ben Myers KC, defending Ms Letby, Dr Rylance did hold that Child D was an "unwell baby".

Mr Myers summarised for the tribunal that Child D's parent had her waters interruption 60 hours earlier giving birth, that Child D was, astatine birth, "floppy" and astatine hazard of collapse.

He besides noted however she required breathing enactment connected a ventilator astatine 1 point.

Addressing Dr Rylance, Mr Myers said alternatively than being "normal", determination was rather a batch "abnormal" with Child D.

Dr Rylance agreed that Child D was "not a steadfast babe astatine this constituent successful time".

Mr Myers went connected to accidental that corruption was a "leading cause" successful neonatal deaths and tin "develop precise quickly" and that antibiotics should beryllium provided wrong an hr of birth.

Dr Rylance responded: "There are antithetic guidelines connected whether babies should person antibiotics, with objective hazard factors.

"When you person concerns, past you privation the antibiotics arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Mr Myers said Child D was not fixed antibiotics until astir 4 hours aft birth.

"You whitethorn not beryllium responsible, but that falls beneath the modular of attraction for a new-born baby, doesn't it?", helium said.

"Yes," Dr Rylance responded.

A tribunal bid bans the reporting of the identities of the children allegedly attacked by Ms Letby, portion identifying parents oregon witnesses connected with the children is besides not allowed.