logo
Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars'

Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars'

Daily Mail​a day ago
Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif 's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars', it has been reported.
The child killers allegedly while away the hours in their comfortable cells at Surrey's HMP Bronzefield with endless rounds of the popular card game.
Letby, 35, is serving life for murdering seven infants and trying to kill seven others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Meanwhile, Beinash Batool, 31, has been locked up for life with a minimum of 33 years for murdering her ten-year-old stepdaughter Sara Sharif.
She joined Letby behind bars in December last year, after the former nurse was jailed in August 2023, with both held on Unit 4 of the 527-inmate prison.
It has been claimed the heinous pair also spend much of their days in each other's cells as well as in the kitchen, making cheese toasties and chatting.
But it is their taste for Uno - where users play snap with coloured cards, shouting 'Uno' when they have one left - which has even inmates at Europe's largest female prison deeply unsettled, it has been reported.
A source told The Sun the pair have allegedly become tight: 'It's a grim spectacle. They spend ages at the table playing and get really into it.
'People are angry, but staff have to do what they can to keep prisoners happy.'
They both have enhanced prisoner status, it has been claimed, the most advanced tier of an incentives scheme for inmates, denoting the best behaviour behind bars.
Such prisoners are afforded more privileges, like wearing their own clothes, more visits, more money or a TV in their cell.
The source said Batool and Letby's alleged enhanced status - which the former nurse was fast-tracked to, the Mail has previously reported - sees them enjoy better food and more freedom.
They are at risk of attack by other inmates, they claimed, so the pair are quite closely surveyed by prison staff.
But apart from that, they reported, both their lives will remain pretty comfortable with further good behaviour.
'The difference between them is that Batool does not discuss her crime, while Letby tells anyone who will listen that', they alleged.
They also said they both reportedly have jobs at the prison, which is run by private firm Sodexo - Batool works in the library while Letby undertakes cleaning tasks.
They also both have TVs with Freeview channels, a DVD player and books and films available to order from the library, it was claimed.
Letby reportedly often attends legal meetings to plan for her appeal.
Batool and Letby have equally grisly company on the unit, which also houses Sian Hedges, locked up for life last year for killing her 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips.
Former prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, disgraced for having sex with an inmate, was also locked up there before her release last month.
When Batool was jailed last year for the murder of little Sara, the girl's father Urfan Sharif was also locked up for life and will serve at least 40 years.
Sara's uncle Faisal Malik was also imprisoned for 16 years minimum for causing or allowing the death of a child.
A pre-inquest review of her death was held today.
The young girl suffered more than 70 fresh injuries and 25 fractures after her father and stepmother battered her to death at their home in Woking, Surrey - before fleeing to Pakistan.
Mr Justice Cavanagh said in his sentencing remarks: 'This poor child was battered with great force, again and again...
'This poor child was battered with great force, again and again.
'It is no exaggeration to describe the campaign of abuse against Sara as torture.'
She had a fractured collar bone, two fractured shoulder blades, fractured ribs, a fractured humerus, eleven fractures to her spinal column and fractures to both her hands.
Sara also had a 'serious brain injury', sustained a few days before her death, and two burn wounds on her bottom, which matched an iron at the house.
In the weeks before she died, she was tied up, covered with a hood, beaten with a cricket bat and metal pole and bitten.
Letby used a variety of horrifying methods to secretly attack 14 babies between 2015 and 2016 on the neonatal ward at the Chester hospital she used to work at.
Doctors at the hospital began to notice a significant rise in the number of babies who died or unexpectedly collapsed on the ward.
They could not find a medical explanation so alerted police, who began investigating.
The former nurse was first arrested in July 2018 and charged in November 2020.
Evidence was presented at court of her methods of attack, which included injecting air and insulin into babies' bloodstream and infusing air into their gastrointestinal tract.
She also force fed an overdose of milk or fluids and inflicted impact trauma.
Her intention, it was found, was to kill the children - but deceive her colleagues into believing they had died of natural causes.
Pascale Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service has previously said: 'She perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death.
'Time and again, she harmed babies, in an environment which should have been safe for them and their families.
'Her attacks were a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her.
'My thoughts are with families of the victims who may never have closure, but who now have answers to questions which had troubled them for years.'
Orange background

Try Our AI Features

Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:

Comments

No comments yet...

Related Articles

Londonderry: Man arrested on suspicion of arson over house fire
Londonderry: Man arrested on suspicion of arson over house fire

BBC News

time21 minutes ago

  • BBC News

Londonderry: Man arrested on suspicion of arson over house fire

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire at a house in services were called to the fire at Bluebell Hill Gardens in the Brandywell area of the city at around 23:00 BST on said no one was injured in the fire but the extensive damage was caused to the house. A number of nearby properties were also evacuated.A 38-year-old man remains in police custody on Tuesday. Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward."No-one was inside the house at the time of the fire, but a number of neighbouring properties were evacuated to allow emergency services to deal with the blaze," Det Sgt Ballantine said."They have since been allowed to return to their homes."

Views sought on plans to criminalise deepfake images of adults
Views sought on plans to criminalise deepfake images of adults

BreakingNews.ie

time21 minutes ago

  • BreakingNews.ie

Views sought on plans to criminalise deepfake images of adults

Views are being sought on proposals to criminalise deepfake images of adults in Northern Ireland. Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long described such images as 'abhorrent behaviour which can have devastating consequences'. Advertisement A public consultation has been launched on proposals to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images of adults in an effort to protect the public from growing issues relating to the use of deepfake technology. Ms Long said it is an issue that can ruin lives. 'I am proposing to criminalise the increasingly prevalent and despicable behaviours of creating and sharing sexually explicit deepfake images, where somebody's image is inserted into sexually explicit content without their consent,' she said. 'It is abhorrent behaviour which can have devastating consequences for those whose identities are misused, the overwhelming majority of whom are women. Advertisement 'Victims report feeling embarrassed, humiliated, violated and unsafe, they can suffer from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, and some people even consider suicide because of their experiences. 'In short, this is an issue which can ruin lives, which is why we are proposing to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images.' The consultation includes consideration of the sentences that should be available to judges should the creation and sharing of a sexually explicit deepfake image become a criminal offence. Ms Long said deepfake images are another form of sexual abuse. 'The creation of these new offences will add to a suite of measures already in place to protect people from intolerable sexually motivated behaviours and eradicate violence against women and girls,' she said. 'In 2022, I introduced a number of offences to deal with downblousing, upskirting and cyberflashing. 'Sexually explicit deepfake images are another form of sexual abuse and exploitation. I will continue to react and respond to enhance legislation relating to those who misuse developments in technology in such a way.' The consultation will close on October 6 2025.

Large rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU's energy transition, report says
Large rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU's energy transition, report says

The Guardian

time21 minutes ago

  • The Guardian

Large rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU's energy transition, report says

Mines on the EU's periphery that could be critical to its energy transition have recorded a large rise in allegations of abuse ranging from workplace deaths to soil pollution, a report has found, with a threefold increase in 2024 from the average of the five previous years. The nonprofit Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) found 270 allegations of environmental and human rights abuses in transition mineral projects across 13 countries in Europe and central Asia last year, up from 92 the year before. Demand for the minerals, which include copper for cables and lithium for car batteries, is expected to surge as Europe tries to find alternatives to fossil fuels that heat the planet and make extreme weather worse. 'We must not choose between climate progress and protection of people and ecosystems,' said Ella Skybenko, a BHRRC researcher and co-author of the report. 'We can do both if we do it wisely, ensuring that neither people nor the environment are paying the price for the energy transition in the region.' The allegations, which are sourced from publicly reported incidents from media and NGOs and include those that have not been proven in court, cover abuses in the mining supply chain from extracting and processing minerals to smelting and refining them. The researchers found allegations of abuse in 13 of the 23 eastern European and central Asian countries they studied. Russia accounted for 39% of allegations, followed by Ukraine and Kazakhstan. No abuse allegations were found for the four EU member states included in the analysis – Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – or for Moldova and Turkmenistan. The report found health and safety violations were the most common form of alleged human rights violation, accounting for 85% of all impacts on workers, followed by workplace deaths and personal health issues. Violations of environmental safety standards accounted for 38% of allegations affecting communities, the report found, followed by air pollution at 27%, and soil and water pollution at 20% each. Diego Francesco Marin, a resource campaigner at the European Environmental Bureau, who was not involved in the report, said the repressive environment for journalists and NGOs in many of the countries meant the data probably represented significant underreporting. He described the findings as 'particularly alarming'. 'The emerging patterns and increasing voices of victims should serve as a critical early warning system for banks, governments, and investors eyeing opportunities in this region,' said Marin. 'The starting point is already deeply troubling – and without immediate intervention, the situation will only deteriorate as mining activities expand.' Sign up to Down to Earth The planet's most important stories. Get all the week's environment news - the good, the bad and the essential after newsletter promotion EU efforts to mine for critical minerals at home – despite broad public support for climate action – have been met with fierce resistance, including from environmental groups. The tension has been heightened by concerns about energy security since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which exposed Europe's overreliance on Russian gas, and China's dominance of the critical mineral supply chain. Skybenko said: 'Workers, communities and human rights defenders are facing a concerning number of growing risks – seemingly being forgotten as the world races to secure the minerals necessary for the urgent transition to clean energy.'

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Get Started Now: Download the App

Ready to dive into a world of global content with local flavor? Download Daily8 app today from your preferred app store and start exploring.
app-storeplay-store