Published: April 25, 2023
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Ms Letby denied dislodging the baby's ET tube and said if she had noticed the saturation levels she would have summoned help

We're now onto summaries for Child L, a twin boy who it is alleged Ms Letby attempted to murder on 9 April 2016. Asked if she 'inflicted any injury' on Child L she told police 'no'

The Crown say that Ms Letby gave Child L an unauthorised dose of insulin. In her interview Ms Letby is asked where insulin is kept on the unit and what the process for administering it to a patient is - she told officers it was kept in a fridge and it would have to be prescribed

Ms Letby explained that the insulin was in a locked fridge in the equipment room - the keys for which are passed around among neonatal nursing staff as and when they are needed

Detectives asked Ms Letby if she attempted to murder Child L by injecting him with insulin, she said 'no'. Asked if he could have been injected by mistake, she said 'I don’t really see how' and said it was 'unlikely' such a mistake could be made

Police put the expert evidence of Dr Dewi Evans to Ms Letby, that insulin had been administered - she said 'that wasn't done by me'

Ms Letby was asked if she had 'any explanation whatsoever' for how insulin ended up in his circulation. She said 'no, not unless it was already in one of the bags he was already receiving'. Asked if she added insulin to a bag, she said no

We're now moving onto interview summaries for Child M - Child L's twin brother - who the Crown say Ms Letby attempted to kill on the same day

The court has previously heard that Child M suffered an unexpected life-threatening collapse at around 16:00 hrs on 9 April 2016. His heart rate and breathing dropped dramatically and he required full resuscitation by medical staff.

Ms Letby told detectives she did not know why Child M desaturated. The only thing she could recall was that it was a 'busy shift' as it was 'not very often we had that many babies in nursery one'

Asked if she had caused the infants collapse, she said 'I didn’t cause that and I don’t know who would have'. She denied administering air in a bid to kill Child M

Ms Letby was asked about a paper towel found at her home address when it was searched in 2018. The towel was used in 2016 as a make do drugs chart for Child M during his resuscitation - police asked Ms Letby why this was in her possession and why was it in her home

Ms Letby said it was an 'error' on her part that it had been taken home. Asked why it had not been destroyed, she said it must have been put to one side and forgotten about. She denied keeping it to remind her of 'when she attacked' Child M

Among the items seized by police was also Ms Letby's diary, on 8 April 2016 is written: "LD [long day] twins". The following day is written: "LD twins resus" Ms Letby was asked why she had logged this - she said it was because it was a 'significant event'

We're now onto summaries for Child N - a baby boy it is claimed Ms Letby attempted to murder three times - once on 3 June 2016, and twice on 15 June 2016.

Jury back in after a short break for lunch - we're continuing with interview summaries for Child N

Manchester Crown Court has previously heard that in the early hours of 3 Ju, Child N experienced a "sudden deterioration" and was heard “screaming" and then crying for 30minutes

The court has also previously heard that on 15 June, Child N suffered further collapses and bleeding was noted at the back of his throat. The Crown allege that the bleed could have been the result of an "inflicted injury".

In her police interview, Ms Letby said she was 'not sure' why Child N was bleeding

Asked 'are you responsible for the attempted murder of (Child N)', Ms Letby said 'no'

We're now onto the summaries for Child O, a baby triplet who Ms Letby is alleged to have murdered on 23 June 2016.

Manchester Crown Court has previously heard how Child O was in good condition and stable up until the afternoon of 23 June when he suffered a "remarkable deterioration" and died

Ms Letby agreed when asked if Child O's death was 'unexpected'

She denied harming Child O. 'I did not physically injure (Child O)', she said

We're now onto the interview summary for Child P - Child O's triplet brother, who the Crown say was murdered by Ms Letby the day after Child O's death

Ms Letby said Child P's death was unexpected. She told police the parents had asked her to take pictures of the twins after their deaths top and tail in a Moses basket. 'If that’s what they wanted, I wanted to do it', she said

Police asked Ms Letby about a comment from nurse Kathryn Percival-Calderbank. She said Letby expressed that she was unhappy at being put in the outside nurseries. "She said it was boring and she didn't want to feed babies. She wanted to be in the intensive care."

Ms Letby said 'I don’t recall calling my work boring in any capacity'

Court now adjourned. Back on Thursday. Wrap of today’s evidence 👇🏻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...

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