The Thirlwall inquiry will examine the conduct of hospital staff between 2015 and 2016 - to understand how killer nurse Lucy Letby was able to hide in plain sight

Live hearings at a public inquiry into how serial-killer nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder and injure babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital are set to begin. While the inquiry formally opened in October 2023, a retrial, Letby's unsuccessful appeal and ongoing police investigations delayed the hearings.

Lawyer representing families of babies who were murdered or attacked says conspiracy theorists ‘should be ashamed of themselves’

A public inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to murder babies at a neo-natal unit over a two-year period is taking place

A lawyer representing 12 families of babies murdered or attacked by Letby, said: "What has society come to when the families of murdered children live in fear?"