Child serial killer Lucy Letby will face no further criminal charges

Child serial killer Lucy Letby will not face criminal charges in relation to further allegations of deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies.

The Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday the extra information it had received from police had not met "the evidential test".

Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: "We received a file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary in July 2025 asking us to consider further allegations against Lucy Letby, 36, relating to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital.

"Following a thorough review of that evidence, we have decided that no criminal charges should be brought in respect of those further allegations."

Letby was sentenced to 15 whole-life terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others on a hospital neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.

Mr Ferguson said the decision not to pursue further charges had been made "independently, based on the evidence and in line with our legal test".

"The Crown Prosecution Service considered offences of murder and attempted murder in respect of two infants who died and attempted murder in respect of seven infants who survived," he said.

"We concluded that the evidential test was not met in any of those cases."

In a rare public response, Cheshire Constabulary said the decision was "not the outcome that we had anticipated throughout our investigation".

"We believed the evidence submitted met the Crown Prosecution Service charging standard," the force said.

"The CPS did not agree and despite our representations we must respect the decision that has been made.

"There will be some who will feel that this is news worth celebrating.

"We do not share this view and would ask that people respect the privacy and feelings of the families involved."

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The former nurse, who has always maintained her innocence, lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.

A group of campaigners have been backing Letby and have submitted reports to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in an attempt to overturn her convictions.

Letby's barrister, Mark McDonald, said: "Lucy Letby has always maintained her innocence - she has never hurt a child and never would.

"It is vital that the case is now referred back to the Court of Appeal as a matter of urgency.

"Thirty-one reports have been submitted to the CCRC, compiled by 26 internationally renowned experts, which provide overwhelming evidence that no babies were murdered."

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