Detectives investigating seral killer, Lucy Letby have passed a file of evidence to the crown prosecution service alleging she murdered and harmed more infants. The CPS are considering more murder charges against the serial killer, which could take several weeks.
The revelation surfaced very soon after Cheshire Police confirmed it had arrested three senior hospital executives whom worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Letby committed her murders for thirteen months, on suspicion of gross negligence, manslaughter.
The hitherto unnamed managers were questioned at different police stations in Cheshire for several hours before being bailed pending further enquiries on Monday.
The managers arrests fare part of Cheshire Constabulary's parallel investigation into corporate manslaughter at the NHS Trust, but it is understood that prosecutors have not yet been asked to offer advice in tandem with that 2nd inquiry.
Lucy Letby, 35, is currently serving 15 whole life terms for the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of seven more (one she attacked a second time) - at the hospital's neo-natal unit, between June 2015 and June 2016.
In December, Cheshire police confirmed that the serial killer had been quizzed in prison in connection with more homicides and attempted murders at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women's Hospital, where she trained in two periods.
As part of the inquiry, dubbed Operation Hummingbird, detectives have been scrutinising the cases of 4,000 infants Letby cared for during the 'footprint' of her nursing career, which began in January 2012. The period includes two student placements she undertook at the Liverpool Trust, in 2012 and 2015.
The handing over of evidence to the CPS is a critical development in their investigation. A spokesman for the CPS told the press: 'We can confirm that we have received a full file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary asking us to consider further allegations in relation to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
'We will now carefully consider the evidence to determine whether any further criminal charges should be brought. 'As always, we will make that decision independently, based on the evidence and in line with our legal test.'
Dr Dewi Evans was the lead expert witness at Letby's trial at Manchester Crown Court, informed the press at the time he had concerns over the deaths of at least three children and the collapses of as many as 15 more, including one potentially poisoned with insulin, all of which were not included on the original indictment.
He said he had suspicions that Letby experimented with moving babies' breathing tubes as a method of causing harm before she began injecting air into their bloodstreams, or into their tummies via their nasal feeding tubes in a bid to kill.
Eddie Price
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