Lucy Letby trial: Murder-accused nurse wrote 'I am evil', trial told

A caregiver accused of murdering babies connected a neonatal ward wrote notes speechmaking "I americium evil" and "I killed them connected intent due to the fact that I'm not bully enough", a tribunal has heard.

Lucy Letby is charged with murdering 7 babies and attempting to execution 10 others astatine Countess of Chester Hospital successful 2015 and 2016.

Her proceedings astatine Manchester Crown Court was told the notes were recovered pursuing a hunt of her home.

Ms Letby, 32, denies 22 charges.

The tribunal heard the passages were written connected post-it notes, and included phrases specified arsenic "what allegations person been made and by who? Do they person written grounds to enactment their comments?".

The notes besides contained "many protestations of innocence," authoritative Nick Johnson KC told the jury.

One said: "I haven't done thing incorrect and they person nary grounds truthful wherefore person I had to fell away?"

Other notes work "I americium a horrible evil person", the tribunal heard, and "I killed them connected intent due to the fact that I'm not bully enough".

In one, successful superior letters, Ms Letby wrote "I americium evil. I did this," the assemblage was told.

Ms Letby showed nary absorption successful tribunal arsenic the enactment was shown to the jury.