I'm back at Manchester Crown Court for the murder trial of nurse Lucy Letby. The jury will be continuing to hear evidence in relation to the death of a baby boy, referred to as Child P, in June 2016. Ms Letby is said to have administered a fatal dose of air to the boy.
Child P's death came just 24hrs after the death of one of his identical triplet brothers, Child O. Ms Letby is also accused of injecting him with air. She denies all charges.
Police intelligence analyst Claire Hocknell is first in the witness box - she's continuing to take the court through sequencing evidence for Child P (a 700 tile timeline of that baby boy's collapses and subsequent death)
On June 24, 2016 Child P suffered a number of profound desaturations and at various points required CPR and adrenaline. The boy collapsed for the final time at 15:14 that day and was pronounced dead at 16:00
An hour after Child P's death, Ms Letby text a colleague to say 'Life is too sad', 'lost another and third going to women’s' Her colleague responded: 'Omfg!! what the hell is going on! Don’t know what to say…will have a big hug for you when I get there'
A nursing note, recorded by Ms Letby, following Child P's death stated: 'I have dressed (Child P) at (the parents) request and taken photos of (Child P) and (Child O) together. Support given to parents and extended family'
In a message to a doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, later that night Ms Letby said the two boys - who were part of a set of triplets - looked 'beautiful' together, but added that it was 'beyond words how awful it is'
A doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is now in the witness box. He cared for Child P in days after his birth on 21 June. He tells the court that he was born in good health, he was 'pink, well perfused and temperature acceptable'
We're back after a break for lunch. The doctor is continuing to give evidence. He's going over notes from 24 June, when Child P collapsed on a number of occasions
The doctor tells the court that on the afternoon of 24 June he fitted a chest drain for Child P as he was suffering a suspected pneumothorax
The court has just heard how Child P went into cardiac arrest at 15:14, the doctor recalls how chest compressions were commenced along with breathing support and four doses of adrenaline administered
After 45mins the decision was taken, in conjunction with his family, to stop resuscitation. Prosecutor Simon Driver asks the doctor: 'Can you understand the course his life took over those few days (since his birth)' 'No', the medic responds
Dr Anthony Ukoh, who also helped with Child P's treatment on 24 June, is now in the witness box
Dr Ukoh assisted with one of Child P's earlier collapses. He told the court that he examined the baby boy and was called back 20mins later as he his heart rate had 'plummeted'. Two other doctors were called to assist and Child P was eventually stabilised
A former nursing colleague of Ms Letby, Sophie Ellis, is now in the witness box
Report of today’s evidence, back tomorrow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...