UK Nurse Pleads "Not Guilty" To Murder Of Eight Babies

Lucy Letby answered "not guilty" to each of the charges as she appeared by video link at Manchester Crown Court in northwest England.

A British nurse pleaded not guilty on Monday to the murder of eight babies and the attempted killing of 10 more while working on a hospital unit for newborns.

Lucy Letby, 31, answered "not guilty" to each of the charges as she appeared by video link at Manchester Crown Court in northwest England.

It took four minutes for the murder charges concerning five boys and three girls and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls to be read out in court.

The defendant, from Hereford in western England, is alleged to have carried out the killings over a 12-month period between June 2015 and June 2016.