British authorities have arrested three members of the Countess of Chester Hospital’s senior leadership on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter as part of a continuing criminal probe linked to former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, as reported by The New York Post.
Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes, who heads Operation Hummingbird, confirmed Tuesday that the three unnamed managers were taken into custody on Monday and later released on bail.
“Both the corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter elements of the investigation are continuing and there are no set time scales for these,” Hughes said, adding that the arrests do not affect Letby’s 2023 convictions.
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Letby, now 35, is serving a whole-life sentence after a jury found her guilty of murdering seven newborns and attempting to murder eight more between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital (CoCH) in northern England.
She has consistently maintained her innocence but was denied permission to appeal and has been told she will never be released.
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Following her sentencing, Cheshire Constabulary opened an inquiry into potential corporate manslaughter at CoCH.
That probe expanded to explore whether individual hospital officials could face gross negligence charges. Investigators are also reviewing cases from a previous unit where Letby worked to determine whether additional crimes were committed.
The arrests of senior managers come amid mounting scrutiny of the case. Some lawmakers, medical experts and statisticians have publicly questioned aspects of the prosecution’s evidence.
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Three senior bosses who worked at Countess of Chester hospital where Lucy Letby worked, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
They worked on the senior leadership team between 2015 and 2016.https://t.co/LDK1hCExbD pic.twitter.com/ARU6MtAqVV
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The Criminal Cases Review Commission is weighing an application from Letby’s legal team, and former health minister Jeremy Hunt recently called for an urgent re-examination of the convictions.
Mark McDonald, counsel for Letby, said in a statement, “Despite this, the concerns many have raised will not go away, and we will continue to publicly discuss them.” McDonald described the timing of the police announcement as “sensitive.”
A statutory public inquiry into how Letby’s crimes went undetected has been taking evidence since last year. Kate Blackwell, representing the hospital’s senior managers at those hearings, told the inquiry there were alternative explanations for the infant deaths.
She said the managers strongly reject claims they “deliberately and knowingly” shielded a murderer.
Police have countered that skepticism of the case is based on incomplete information, noting that full details were presented in court. The inquiry’s chair has declined requests to pause proceedings, and a final report is expected early next year.
Hughes emphasized that Monday’s arrests represent only one part of a broader effort to establish accountability. “Our investigation remains focused on ensuring that all appropriate individuals and organizations are held responsible,” he said.
Julia Hartley-Brewer breaks the news that three people who were part of the senior leadership team at the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.@JuliaHB1 pic.twitter.com/Xcbe4TWByo
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Letby remains Britain’s most notorious modern-day child serial killer, and the expanding scope of the criminal and public inquiries underscores continued public interest in determining whether systemic failures contributed to the tragedy.
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