A British nurse will spend the rest of her life in prison after being sentenced on Monday following the murder of seven newborn babies and the attempted murder of six others, nearly five years after she was arrested following a string of deaths in a hospital’s neonatal unit.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/64e356fd57642d1784c714fe/Lucy-Letby/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=3436&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1932" alt="Lucy Letby" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion><p class="color-body light-text">Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.</p></fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Lucy Letby, 33, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by the Manchester Crown Court on Monday.</p>  </div>


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Lucy Letby, 33, was arrested in 2018 following a string of newborn deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital.{ai:summary}<p>A British nurse sentenced to life in prison for murdering newborn babies and attempting to murder others in a hospital's neonatal unit. #crime</p>

Lucy Letby: British Nurse Will Spend Rest Of Her Life In Prison For Murdering 7 Newborn Babies

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