📣 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 | Child serial killer Lucy Letby has lost her Court of Appeal bid to challenge her convictions.

[Hereford Voice]

Child serial killer Lucy Letby has been denied permission to appeal against her convictions for the murder and attempted murder of babies in her care when she worked as a neonatal nurse.

Letby, of Hereford, was convicted in August 2023 of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.

She had asked three senior judges to allow her to challenge the convictions at the court of appeal in London.

Letby had put forward four grounds of appeal, each of which involved the submission that the trial judge wrongly refused applications she made during the trial at Manchester crown court.

However, she was refused permission on Friday by Dame Victoria Sharp and Lord Justice Holroyde.

Dame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde, said they had refused Letby's request to bring an appeal at a short Court of Appeal hearing earlier.

The full reasons for the judges' decision were not made public, with the full details of Letby's appeal bid also unable to be published for legal reasons.

Dame Victoria said: "Having heard her application, we have decided to refuse leave to appeal on all grounds and refuse all associated applications.

"A full judgment will be handed down in due course."