Lucy Letby prison guard reveals what baby killer is REALLY like in jail & chilling feature that made her ‘very strange'
Letby's appearance on her first night in jail surprised the guard
FACE TO FACE Lucy Letby prison guard reveals what baby killer is REALLY like in jail & chilling feature that made her 'very strange'
THE prison officer who watched convicted baby murderer Lucy Letby on her first night on remand has revealed what she was like in jail.
The guard, known only as Dave, watched the "very strange" killer during her brief stint at Styal Prison in Cheshire.
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Dave was charged with looking after the killer during her time in Styal Prison
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Letby was found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies
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The 35-year-old is serving 15 whole-life orders
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Letby, 35, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.
Speaking on the Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast, he said that the 35-year-old was a 'very, very strange character'.
Dave explained that he received a text offering overtime to be on 'constant watch' over a prisoner.
However, he was not told it was Letby until the last minute when his boss broke the news.
Dave spent the night with Letby during her first night on remand, after she had arrived fresh from court.
He revealed that he was surprised at the child killer's 'dishevelled' appearance.
He said: 'I turned up, sit down on the segregation and the first thing that sort of hit me, you see her in all these photographs, this normal looking blonde woman, and I was surprised at how sort of dishevelled she looked.
'She didn't have blonde hair, brown hair, she just looked sort of drained.
"It was night time, I think she might have asked me what time it was at one point. There might have been a few words exchanged, not much.'
Letby was only kept at Styal Prison for a handful of days before being transferred to another facility.
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The murderous nurse stood trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2022, where she pleaded not guilty to seven counts of murder and 15 counts of attempted murder.
She was eventually convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of another seven and handed 15 whole-life sentences.
Letby, from Hereford, committed her crimes while working in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016
Dave said he didn't know whether other Styal inmates were aware she was in the same prison, but other female lags would 'not have treated her well' owing to the nature of her offences.
The former neonatal worker has being seeing out her sentence in HMP Bronzefield, which houses many of the Britain's most notorious female prisoners.
Letby is on the same wing killer mum Sian Hedges and Beinash Batool, who was jailed for killing stepdaughter Sara Sharif.
Known as House Block 4, the unit is reserved for those serving life sentences and prisoners who have enhanced status due to good behaviour behind bars.
Also on the same wing until her recent release was disgraced prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu, who was filmed having sex with a prison while working at Wandsworth Prison.
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Lucy Letby pictured holding a baby romper during her time as a neonatal nurse
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Letby committed her crimes while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital
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Lucy Letby speaks during her initial interrogation by officers in 2018
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Letby lost two attempts to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal last year.
In April a new email - sent on May 4 2017 to colleagues at the Countess of Chester Hospital - emrged which appears to cast significant doubts over the official chronology of events.
The memo is a significant boost to Letby's legal fight to overturn her convictions.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was the latest official figure to reveal he has revealed he has "doubts" over Lucy Letby guilt.
The Reform UK leader spoke about the case off the back of Jeremy Hunt's comment piece in the Mail last week.
The former health secretary called for an "urgent re-examination" of Letby after "serious and credible" questions were raised by experts.
The MP urged Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice, to "speed up their normally painfully slow process".
Speaking on GB News, Mr Farage agreed that he was also beginning to have 'doubts' about the case.
He said: 'I have a feeling, actually, Jeremy Hunt might be right about the Lucy Letby case.
"I'm just beginning to get more and more doubts about that issue."
Cheshire Constabulary is still conducting a review of deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the neonatal units of the Countess of Chester and Liverpool Women's Hospital during Letby's time as a nurse from 2012 to 2016.
The force have also launched another probe into allegations of corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Meanwhile Lady Justice Thirlwall is due to publish in November the findings from the public inquiry into how the former nurse was able to commit her crimes.
The Sun revealed earlier this year what Letby's own parents, Jonathan, 79, and Susan Letby, 65, said about the case.
In one correspondence, seen by The Sun, Letby's parents reveal they "firmly believe" their daughter's convictions will be "the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history".
They also said they're pleased "public opinion is beginning to sway" in her favour "at last".
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