Lucy Letby may have been inspired by Beverley Allitt, according to cop who caught so-called 'Angel of Death'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe detective who brought child-killing nurse Beverley Allitt to justice three decades ago believes Lucy Letby’s crimes were so similar she may have even been inspired by the so-called “Angel of Death”.
Letby, 33, became Britain’s worst ever child killer after she was convicted on Friday of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others while working on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
She was found not guilty of two charges of attempted murder. The jury at Manchester Crown Court was unable to reach verdicts on six further counts of the same offence.
Now, Retired Detective Superintendent Stuart Clifton has told the Express Letby may have drawn inspiration for her crimes from Allitt, due to the number of similarities in the methods used by the evil pair. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Allitt, now 54, was convicted of murdering four infants, attempting to murder three, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six at the children’s ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, Lincolnshire, between February and April 1991.
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