Police are continuing to investigate two baby deaths linked to the hospital where child serial killer Lucy Letby worked, the public inquiry examining her crimes has heard.
A document prepared by the Thirlwall Inquiry’s legal team said there had been 13 deaths at the Countess of Chester’s neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016, while four had died after they had been transferred to neonatal units at other hospitals.
While all 17 deaths have been examined by Cheshire Constabulary, the public inquiry heard that two of them – either at the Countess of Chester or elsewhere post-transfer – “remain the subject of ongoing police investigation”.
Cheshire Constabulary declined to comment.
Last month, it emerged Letby, now 35, had been questioned under caution in prison by detectives probing deaths and non-fatal collapses at both the Countess of Chester and also at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where the neonatal nurse trained as a student.
Police have been
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