When will the families of Lucy Letby’s victims be allowed to move on?

When Lucy Letby was convicted last year of murdering seven infants and attempting to kill seven others it seemed that the parents of her victims had at last secured justice. But in recent months, Letby’s crimes – for which she is serving 15 whole-life sentences – have become the subject of heated debate. Victims’ families have said that the campaign to free the killer nurse has made them question humanity.

Letby’s crimes are now, once again, back in the headlines, as the public inquiry set up to examine what happened at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the time Letby worked there is now formally underway. It is being led by Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall, and will examine how Letby was able to carry out the murders of a number of babies at the hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016.