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At the time of Beverley Allitt's conviction 30 years ago, politicians and health chiefs promised lessons would be learned and new procedures would be put in place

The killer nurse sparked fury when she refused to attend the courtroom to hear her sentence - and testimony from the devastated parents of her victims

The killer nurse's house in Chester was found to be filled with items that took on a sinister new significance after she was convicted of the murders of seven helpless babies

The names of 17 babies and nine colleagues of Lucy Letby have been suppressed for the protection of infants and protection of high-quality witness statements - but not without controversy

Lucy Letby will be confined to the four walls of her cell as she spends the rest of her life behind bars. But before her evil murders were exposed, she led a relatively normal life, meeting up with colleagues after hours, including her 'crush' Dr A

Why did Lucy Letby murder seven babies and attempt to kill six? Here is everything we know about the possible motives behind the serial killer's horrific crimes

Parents of Britain's most prolific child killer, John and Susan Letby, lived an ordinary life in a quiet cul-de-sac in Herefordshire. They doted on their only child and holidayed together often, right up until she was arrested for her horrific crimes

A behavioural psychologist has given a chilly insight into how Britain's most prolific child killer Lucy Letby found 'sadistic pleasure' in killing seven babies

Beverley Allitt murdered seven-week-old Liam Taylor, 11-year-old Timothy Hardwick, two-month-old Becky Phillips and 15-month-old Claire Peck at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital

Rhys Jones is an ex-criminal defence lawyer who once represented Peter Moore who killed four men 'for fun' in 1995 - he shares his take on why Lucy Letby killed seven babies

Susan and Jonathan Letby have been described as doting parents to Letby, who was yesterday handed a whole life order for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more

Lucy Letby is expected to be sent to HMP Low Newton in Durham after becoming the fourth female convict in British history to be given a whole-life order for her horrific string of murders

Lucy Letby refused to face the victims' families in court and neither did parents Jonathan and Susan Letby, devoted parents who had attended every single day of the ten-month trial

ITV viewers hit out at Good Morning Britain over coverage of the sentencing of serial killer Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more

Lucy Letby inflicted more pain on families by refusing to leave her cell for sentencing, the Government was urged to change the law to compel offenders to attend but has not

Lucy Letby was working at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital when she went on her year-long killing spree, joining the list of the most twisted child killers in modern-day Britain

UK's most prolific child killer Lucy Letby will die in jail after being ordered to spend the rest of her life behind bars for murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more

Killer nurse Lucy Letby shunned the heartbroken families of her victims as she was handed a rare whole life sentence at Manchester Crown Court for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others

Lucy Letby did not appear at Manchester Crown Court for her sentencing today, weeks after Thomas Cashman, who shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, refused to come to the dock

Lucy Letby's social calendar and text messages were shared with the jury - which showed her to have dinner dates with Dr A and exchanges of supportive messages between the pair

Lucy Letby, who is now Britain's most prolific child killer, will at first be held in segregation in a bid to stop her being attacked at HMP Low Newton in Durham

Evil killer Lucy Letby joins more than 60 other callous criminals serving whole life sentences behind bars for their heinous crimes. The former nurse was handed the order after murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others

Over a dozen relatives of victims sat in the public gallery for today's sentencing hearing, which saw Lucy Letby handed a whole-life order for murdering seven babies and trying to murder six more

Lucy Letby has become the fourth woman in British history to be given a whole-life jail sentence so she will die behind bars for killing seven defenceless babies in her care

Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in jail, with no chance of release, after she was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another six in a harrowing year-long killing spree