Lucy Letby, who is now Britain’s most prolific child killer, will at first be held in segregation in a bid to stop her being attacked at HMP Low Newton in Durham
Britain’s most prolific child killer Lucy Letby will serve life behind bars with the country’s most depraved murderers – but will first be held in segregation to stop her being attacked.
The nurse, who went on a year-long killing spree at the Countess of Chester Hospital and was jailed for life today, will be in HMP Low Newton in Durham, which has also caged Baby P’s mum and Rose West among other villains. It is next door to the so-called “Monster Mansion” HMP Frankland, which holds Ian Huntley, Wayne Couzens and Levi Belfield.
Letby, 33, was originally held in HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, but was subsequently moved to HMP New Hall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, for the trial, following which a jury took 22 days and 110 hours and 26 minutes of deliberations to find her guilty of the murder of seven babies.
Now, the nurse, originally from Hereford, will share a notorious jail with Joanna Dennehy, who slayed three men during a 10-day spree in 2013, and Emma Aitken, another murderer, jailed in 2014.