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Police in Cheshire say they’re investigating whether there’s a case to bring a corporate manslaughter charge against the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill six others. 

We spoke to Bryn Hughes. He worked as a prison officer for 25 years – and had to carry defendants into the dock. 

Krishnan speaks to KC Kate Bex, who has been involved in many criminal trials, both as a prosecutor and defence lawyer.

For the victims or relatives who’ve endured the trauma of a trial, the refusal of the offender, once found guilty, to attend their own sentencing, can doubtless seem a travesty of justice. 

We spoke to solicitor Tamlin Bolton, who’s been representing parents of several of Letby’s victims.

Earlier we spoke to Antoinette Sandbach, the former MP for Eddisbury, who in 2009, well before Lucy Letby worked there, herself suffered the loss of a baby at the Countess of Chester hospital.

The cruelty and calculation of her crimes were “truly horrific”, the judge at Manchester Crown Court declared today as he sentenced Lucy Letby to a whole-life term in jail for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.