Lucy Letby trial: I cried over babies during trial, nurse tells jury

Nurse Lucy Letby has told a tribunal she did not lone outcry erstwhile talking astir herself during her grounds but besides erstwhile talking astir immoderate of the infants she has been accused of attacking.

The 33-year-old is accused of murdering 7 babies and the attempted murders of 10 others betwixt 2015 and 2016.

Ms Letby has denied each charges.

Asked nether cross-examination wherefore she had not cried portion speaking astir the children, she said: "I person cried erstwhile talking astir immoderate of those babies."

Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC began his introspection of Ms Letby astatine Manchester Crown Court aft she had earlier been questioned by her defence barrister Ben Myers KC astir the deaths of 2 triplet brothers connected successive days.

Mr Johnson asked the caregiver if determination was "any crushed that you outcry erstwhile you speech astir yourself but you don't outcry erstwhile talking astir these dormant and earnestly injured children?"

"I person cried erstwhile talking astir immoderate of those babies," she replied.

He past accused Ms Letby of suggesting advisor Dr Ravi Jayaram had "deliberately misled" the assemblage erstwhile helium gave evidence.

Dr Jayaram antecedently told the assemblage helium saw Ms Letby lasting by the incubator of 1 of the babies she is accused of attacking, known to the tribunal arsenic Child K, arsenic the baby's humor oxygen levels plummeted.

He said nary alarms were sounding and the caregiver was "doing nothing".

Ms Letby told the tribunal she was feeding different babe successful different nursery astatine that clip and did not "recall immoderate speech with Dr Jayaram that night."

Mr Johnson enactment it to her that she was suggesting Dr Jayaram was "making it up", to which she replied: "I don't deliberation I said yesterday helium was making it up."

The authoritative past turned to the aesculapian handover notes recovered astatine her home, which the tribunal has heard were discovered successful constabulary searches.

The caregiver said the notes were not taken "intentionally" and had inactive been "held successful confidence".

Mr Johnson questioned that, stating the notes had been "in a bin container successful your garage".

"Do you obey the rules erstwhile it suits you?" helium said.