Whacko bitch who got off on the grief she inflicted. She purposely placed herself into the lives of those whose children she'd killed. Sending them cards and regularly looking them up on facebook and the likes.
She obviously loved all the tragedy and suffering her actions caused.
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A forensic psychologist says there are strong similarities between the cases of killer nurses Lucy Letby and Beverley Allitt.
Allitt, 54, was jailed for life 30 years ago after murdering four children at Grantham Hospital, Lincs, in 1991. She has since been held in Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottingham.
Professor Mike Berry, of Liverpool’s John Moores University, said: “Both nurses worked with babies, although Allitt did also kill an 11 year old boy. Neither woman was involved in a meaningful, emotionally satisfying relationship at the time, and both were seeking attention. Both denied their responsibility for the deaths and may never do so.
“Like Allitt, Letby stole hospital notes relating to her victims and they both showed an over-attachment to the babies, as shown by post death behaviour towards the parents. And in both cases the killings often happened at night or over the weekend.”
Prof Berry said in both killers there are suggestions of the illness Munchausen by proxy - in which a carer may harm a person in their care to get attention. He continued: “Why did they do it? Possibly it is to be the centre of attention or to attract the attention of a particular person. But it may be that they are playing the role of an ‘Angel of Death’, exerting a ’god-like’ power and control over life.
“They had power and control over highly vulnerable individuals, babies, who cannot verbally complain. “Or maybe it was for the pure hell of it, for the ‘fun’ of it. With Letby there does not appear to be any of the usual motives for murder. There are no sexual, financial, revenge, religious, political or racial reasons and there was no impulsive anger which could not be controlled.”
Baby-killer Lucy Letby kept a sickening ‘treasure trove’ of souvenirs related to her victims hidden at home, it has been revealed.
Many of the items were found when the police first arrested Letby at her house in Chester on July 3 2018 - leading to her conviction for the murder of seven babies in the neonatal unit of her hospital. The souvenirs included resuscitation notes, nursing handover sheets, and a blood test result relating to the babies who died at Letby’s hands.
An image of a thankyou card from the parents of one of the victims was found on Letby’s phone. They had twins - one of whom was murdered by Letby and the other who survived a murder attempt by Letby, who poisoned them with insulin. The parents, of course, were entirely unsuspecting of the nursing team, sending them a food hamper along with the card.
Another 99 of them were related to babies she had previously treated, right back to her first ever handover sheet on June 1 2010, on student placement at the Countess of Chester Hospital - where the murders took place. Chillingly, many of these handover sheets were kept in “pristine” condition in a box decorated with roses, reported the Daily Mail.
Letby was found to have regularly searched for the families of victims. She looked up the mother of Baby E nine times and the father once - searching for their names on Christmas Day. Letby admitted the searches, which totalled up to 2,380 in a single 12-month period. Letby claimed it was “out of curiosity”, denying she got a kick out of it.
Thanks. That was what I was interested in.
shareIt's worrying that there are a lack of clues in her background to explain her being a serial killer. Not really anything there in her childhood or upbringing. Seemingly good parents and a normal social life. Looks like your average, nice person from the outside and not even much to find when you dig deeper under the surface. Makes you realise how difficult it is to judge books by their covers.
shareI always thought you have to be really passionated for working with babies. It's hard to imagine that this lack of passion has never been noticed.
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