‘Lucy Letby is a psychopath - she’s pretended to be human all her life’
ok.co.ukHer actions shocked the nation to its core. How could a trusted and seemingly dedicated nurse kill seven babies and attempt to murder six more in a hospital’s neonatal unit?
But as we try to understand the depths of Lucy Letby’s depravity, the questions remain about her motive and how an apparently “ordinary” young woman turned into a cold, calculating killer.
One man who has more insight than most is criminal psychologist Dr David Holmes who says Letby is “an actress, who has been pretending to be a human being and has done this most of her life”.
She was not, however, born to kill babies. “I believe she was born with the brain configuration of a psychopath,” says Dr Holmes. “Someone born with this learns to deal with it in many ways.There are many out there – some are CEOs of large companies – and sometimes their lack of empathy for others shows through. “Those who come to our attention are serial killers – and I do mean serial killers.
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