Former nurse and convicted murderer Lucy Letby has failed in her attempt to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in the British Court of Appeal.
Letby’s legal team sought permission from senior judges to appeal against her recent conviction after she was found guilty in July during a retrial for attempting to kill a newborn referred to as Child K.
The former nurse’s lawyers argued before the Court of Appeal that the charge of attempted murder should have been “stayed” as an “abuse of process” because of the “overwhelming and irremediable prejudice” resulting from media coverage of her initial trial, claiming that the retrial should not have proceeded.
However, three senior judges rejected Letby’s request following the hearing held in London.
Letby, 34, had previously received 14 whole life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, including two attempts on one child, along with a fifteenth whole life term for the attack on Child K.
This ruling represents Letby’s second unsuccessful appeal, following the dismissal of her challenge against her earlier convictions by the Court of Appeal in May.
