Lucy Letby trial: Nurse says colleagues' mistakes led to baby's death

Nurse Lucy Letby has rejected claims she "enjoyed" watching parents cradle their dormant lad aft she allegedly murdered him with an injection of air.

The baby, referred to arsenic Child C for ineligible reasons, was 1 of 7 she allegedly murdered successful 2015 and 2016.

Manchester Crown Court has heard allegations that helium collapsed aft having aerial inserted into his tummy via a nasogastric tube.

The 33-year-old, primitively of Hereford, has denied each charges.

The tribunal antecedently heard Child C was successful a "good condition" and unchangeable aft his premature commencement successful aboriginal June 2015, but stopped breathing without informing connected 13 June portion being treated successful nursery 1 of the neonatal portion astatine the Countess of Chester Hospital.

He was pronounced dormant the adjacent day.

Cross-examining Ms Letby connected Friday, authoritative Nick Johnson KC quoted grounds from a erstwhile nursing workfellow Sophie Ellis, who antecedently told the tribunal she fed Child C for the archetypal clip astatine 23:00 connected 13 June.

She told the assemblage she past near the country concisely to spell to the nurse's station, but was alerted by an alarm from the baby's monitor.

She said she past saw Ms Letby "standing by the incubator", who told her the baby's bosom complaint and oxygen levels had dropped.

Mr Johnson asked the suspect if she was successful nursery 1 astatine the time, adding that she had been allocated babies to attraction for successful nursery three.

Ms Letby said she disputed Ms Ellis' relationship and had "no memory" of the events.

"Do you quality being born?" Mr Johnson asked.

"But you person nary representation of it?" the authoritative continued.

Mr Johnson besides quoted grounds from different nurse, Melanie Taylor, who said astatine the clip Child C collapsed, she recalled Ms Letby being "cool and calm" and asked if the suspect disputed that.

"No, I would expect members of unit to beryllium chill and calm connected the unit, that's what we're trained to do," she replied.

"You enjoyed the aftermath of this, didn't you?" the authoritative said.

Continuing, Mr Johnson quoted the grounds of a elder nurse, who told the tribunal she had to "ask Lucy to absorption backmost successful nursery three", due to the fact that "Lucy went into the household country a fewer times".

"Why were you truthful keen to walk clip with [Child C's] household arsenic they cradled their dying child?" helium asked.

"I don't hold with that, I wasn't determination a batch of the time," Ms Letby replied.

"You were enjoying what was going on, weren't you, Lucy Letby?" the authoritative said.

Ms Johnson past turned to Child D, who collapsed respective times successful June 2015 and, contempt resuscitation attempts, was pronounced dormant connected 22 June.

Medical experts for the prosecution agreed her deterioration and an antithetic rash were caused by an injection of air.

Mr Johnson quoted grounds of a fig of nursing staff, who told the assemblage they had seen an "unusual" rash connected Child D earlier her collapse.

Ms Letby said she had nary representation of the rash and added that she could not comment" connected what different unit members saw.

Ms Letby past rejected the prosecutor's assertion that portion Child D's designated caregiver was connected a break, successful the aboriginal hours of 22 June, she took "the opportunity" to "sabotage" the babe girl's care.

"You were lasting implicit her erstwhile the alarms went off, weren't you?" helium said.

"I don't recall," she answered.

Mr Johnson went connected to constituent to Ms Letby's medicine logs for the clip of Child D's collapse, which showed that the caregiver was signing disconnected medications for different babe successful her care.

"Were you truly doing that arsenic [Child D] was collapsing?" helium asked her.

"I can't springiness a definitive time," she replied.

"Or person you tried to marque the paperwork look similar you were doing thing other astatine the clip of [Child D's] collapse?" helium responded.

"No, I've not falsified immoderate paperwork", she said.

Mr Johnson went connected to inquire her if she had ever falsified documents, to which she said "no", and enactment it to her that Child D "died due to the fact that you injected her with air".

"No, I did not springiness her air," she replied.