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Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes employed an unusual method for investigating the murders committed by nurse Lucy Letby which allowed his team to take 'unique ownership' of each case

Doctors who raised the alarm over Lucy Letby were forced to apologise to the serial killer and medics want executives to be investigated for corporate manslaughter

The Lucy Letby case has shocked the world in recent days, but the murderous nurse is not the nation's first lone-acting female serial killer - nor is she the most prolific

British Transport Police had an unusual encounter on Friday when a well-dressed dog in a smart blue shirt had to be rescued - after its owner was failing to look after it adequately.

The body was found wrapped in a plastic rubbish bag and stuffed into a shopping trolley just down the road from a children's play park in the Bronx as families spent time outdoors unaware of what was happening

The 32-year-old man was seen shouting and swearing as he approached officers outside a Harlem subway station, as cops tried to arrest him, he turned and bit one on the ear

Police arrested 18-year-old Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez in Shreveport, Louisiana, after the lifeless body of Maria Gonzalez was found in a laundry basket under a bed in her Pasadena, Texas, apartment

Sandra Kraykovich and her mother, Elizabeth, were charged after a 9-year-old girl died of severe lice infestation that was left untreated, as well as malnutrition in Tucson, Arizona

The shocking claims come as Letby’s texts to the doctor were made public in court, where he came to give evidence against her causing her to have an emotional breakdown and try to leave the dock

The great-great grandson of William Gladstone - who held the office four times in the Victorian era - said he felt 'absolutely sick' when he discovered his family's past

Killer nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder at Manchester Crown Court on Friday - this is the story of her victims

Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed said it is 'grossly offensive to victims that this brutal murderer can refuse to face the consequences of their crimes in court'

Barber, from Buckinghamshire, is now apparently in a relationship with Jay Delaney who was given five years in April for a £388,000 fraud

A 10-year-old girl and her grandmother were shot and killed after a gunman forced his way into their apartment in Springfield, Massachusetts, opening fire on the family and their dog before killing himself

A family in Sandwell, whose three cars were stolen by a gang of thieves, believe they had been marked out as victims after finding suspicious marks left on a tree

David Crampton - whose son Paul was five months old when killer nurse Beverley Allitt attacked him - is urging there to be a “pattern spotting” warning system introduced in hospitals

Baby murderer Lucy Letby may have struck at Liverpool Women's Hospital first as police probe her entire career with the possibility that the evil former nurse could be charged with further crimes

Tony Chambers was CEO at the Countess of Chester Hospital and greeted Queen Camilla – then the Duchess of Cornwall – during a royal visit to the NHS facility in 2014

Pictures shown to jurors during the long trial showed Lucy Letby's bedroom, containing books about adultery, a pink dressing gown and cheesy framed messages on her walls

A United Airlines pilot told authorities that he destroyed a parking barrier at the Denver International Airport because he reached his 'he just hit his breaking point.' He has since been placed on leave and has been charged with criminal mischief

Taylor Schabusiness killed her lover, Shad Thyrion, in February 2022 by choking him to death while they were having sex, then carried on while dismembering him

After spending more than a decade on death row, US serial killer Aileen Wuornos vowed to return seconds before she was given a lethal injection in 2002

Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven premature babies and attempting to kill six more at The Countess of Chester Hospital - making her Britain's most prolific child killer

A prison official says baby killer Lucy Letby, 33, faces 24-hour surveillance in prison to prevent her taking her own life and it would be "very embarrassing" if she dies before "justice gets done"

After Letby killed babies she would send texts to her colleagues claiming to be heartbroken and looking for sympathy, even asking to work more shifts on the intensive neonatal unit