Nurse Lucy Letby, who was previously sentenced to a whole life order for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, will face a retrial on an outstanding allegation that she attempted to murder a baby girl. This decision was made after the jury in her trial at manchester/">manchester-crown-court/">Manchester Crown Court last month was unable to reach verdicts on six counts of attempted murder related to five children.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Monday its intention to pursue a retrial for Letby on the charge of attempting to murder a baby girl known as Child K. The alleged incident is said to have occurred in February 2016.
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