Lucy Letby wrote sympathy card to baby's grieving parents, murder trial told
Nurse Lucy Letby wrote a sympathy card to the grieving parents of a baby girl she is said to have murdered, her trial heard.
The defendant took a photograph on her mobile phone of the card ahead of the youngster's funeral.
Letby, 33, is accused of killing the premature-born infant, known as Child I, in the early hours of 23 October 2015, which the Crown say was the fourth attempt to take her life.
On Thursday, Manchester Crown Court was told Letby captured a photograph of the card on the morning of 10 November after she finished a night shift - hours before child I's funeral.
She wrote: "There are no words to make this time any easier.
"It was a real priviledge (sic) to care for (child I) and get to know you as a family - a family who always put (Child I) first and did everything possible for her.
"She will always be a part of your lives and we will never forget her.
"Thinking of you today and always - sorry I cannot be there to say goodbye.
"Lots of love Lucy x"
The card contained the printed message: "Your loved one will be remembered with many smiles."
Letby, originally from Hereford, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
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