 Almost 100 people gathered for a church service in remembrance of the victims of the most prolific serial child murderer in recent memory. Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, received 14 life sentences in August for the killings of seven infants and attempted killing of six more between 2015 and 2016. On Sunday night, consultants Dr John Gibbs and Dr Ravi Jayaram, who gave evidence against Letby during her ten-month trial, were among the congregants at Chester Cathedral for a Service of Lament, Prayer and Hope, led by Dean Time Stratford. During the service, seven candles were lit for Letby's victims, with an eighth also lit for the suspected victims who have yet to be identified. Bishop of Chester, the Right Reverend Mark Tanner, said after the service: 'It is really important we gather at a time when people are despairing, when they don't know where to turn, when there is anger, confusion and grief because the church exists to hold those kind of things, to introduce some kind of hope. 'It was really hard but it's right that it is really hard, we are mourning the loss of babies, but it was also really good to be together. 'The moment of lighting candles in the middle of the service I could barely look up, it was just beautifully poignant.' Letby was handed 14 whole life sentences earlier in August for the murder of seven children and the attempted murder of six more (Picture: Reuters) Dean Stratford added: 'I found it very painful, the stories behind each of these children's deaths are immensely painful. 'Living in Chester, this has happened in this community. I've asked myself in conversation with others how this could happen here?' The remembrance service comes as NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard underscores now is a time for the health service to 'reflect' on concerns about){kind=link}
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Almost 100 people gathered for a church service in remembrance of the victims of the most prolific serial child murderer in recent memory.
Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, received 14 life sentences in August for the killings of seven infants and attempted killing of six more between 2015 and 2016.
On Sunday night, consultants Dr John Gibbs and Dr Ravi Jayaram, who gave evidence against Letby during her ten-month trial, were among the congregants at Chester Cathedral for a Service of Lament, Prayer and Hope, led by Dean Time Stratford.
During the service, seven candles were lit for Letby’s victims, with an eighth also lit for the suspected victims who have yet to be identified.