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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

MYSTERIOUS: Lucy letby likely to have harmed other babies doctor tells inquiry - You Need To See This

Dr Stephen Brearey
Dr Stephen Brearey told the inquiry it was ‘likely that Letby didn’t start becoming a killer in June 2015, or didn’t start harming babies in June 2015’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Lucy Letby was likely to have harmed more babies than those she has been convicted of murdering on a hospital neonatal unit, a senior doctor has told a public inquiry.

Dr Stephen Brearey, a consultant paediatrician who raised concerns about the nurse, told the Thirlwall inquiry he believed Letby “didn’t start becoming a killer” in June 2015 and that she may have had earlier victims.

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