Baby-killing nurse will never be eligible for release after being found guilty of murdering seven newborns
The 33-year-old was found guilty of murdering seven babies while working on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, as well as attempting to kill six other defenceless newborns. She refused to enter the dock at Manchester Crown Court in order to learn her fate on Monday.
"There is no doubt that you are intelligent and outwardly were a very conscientious, hard-working, knowledgeable, confident and professional nurse, which enabled you repeatedly to harm babies on the unit without arousing suspicion for some time. You prided yourself in your competence. Your fellow neonatal nurses spoke very highly of you, and several of them became your close friends.
"It is no part of my function to reach conclusions as to the underlying reason or reasons for your actions. Nor could I, for they are known only to you. I must pass appropriate sentences according to law, addressing the seriousness of your offences, the facts of which I now describe briefly. "Over a month passed before you killed another baby. Again, it was a twin who was selected, Baby E. He and his brother, Baby F, were born on July 29. Baby E died in the early hours of August 4. During the shift that night, you were the designated nurse for both Baby E and Baby F. Baby E died of air embolus and there was damage to his to his upper gastrointestinal tract caused by trauma of some kind inflicted by you, which resulted in significant blood loss.
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