Chilling text messages shed light on UK Nurse Lucy Letby's actions in tragic newborn deaths

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Lucy Letby, as she carried out a series of heinous acts, contributing to the deaths of seven newborns. These text messages provide a disturbing insight into Letby's mindset and interactions with her colleagues during the tragic events that unfolded at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The text messages Letby sent reveal her communication with colleagues following the untimely deaths of infants under her care. These messages show her seeking sympathy from unsuspecting coworkers and offering to take on extra shifts in the neonatal intensive therapy unit (ITU) at the hospital. Her messages paint a chilling picture of her mindset during the 12-month period in which these tragic events occurred.

The text messages offer a heartbreaking chronicle of Letby's actions:June 9, 2015: Following her first victim, identified as Baby A, Letby expressed reluctance to face the parents after the incident. She said: Dad was on the floor crying, saying please don't take our baby away when I took him to the mortuary; it's just heartbreaking." It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.June 11, 2015: Merely three days later, she requested extra shifts in the ITU. She said: “From a confidence point of view, I need to take an ITU baby soon X.”June 13, 2015: Letby conveyed her struggle to overcome the haunting images from her actions. She messaged a colleague: “I just keep thinking about Mon (death of Child A). Feel like I need to be in (room) 1 to overcome it… to get the image out of my head. It probably sounds odd, but it's how I feel.” She later added: “Only those who saw him know what image I have in my head.” Only 6 minutes after she sent the above message, a baby boy c