{"id":97843,"date":"2023-08-18T21:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-nurse-lucy-letby-and-what-led-her-to-kill-and-injure-neonatal-babies-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:01:09","slug":"who-is-nurse-lucy-letby-and-what-led-her-to-kill-and-injure-neonatal-babies-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-nurse-lucy-letby-and-what-led-her-to-kill-and-injure-neonatal-babies-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is nurse Lucy Letby and what led her to kill and injure neonatal babies? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZzpZ10ab7ZM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is nurse Lucy Letby and what led her to kill and injure neonatal babies? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzpZ10ab7ZM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The verdicts make her the UK\u2019s most prolific child killer.<\/p>\n<p>But who is she and what led her to murder seven newborns and attempt to kill six more?<\/p>\n<p>Letby was an only child, born and raised in Hereford and she told the court she had always wanted to work with children.<\/p>\n<p>At school, she was described by peers as a &#8216;geek&#8217;, but she had a tight-knit circle of friends.<\/p>\n<p>She was the first in her family to go to university and said her career meant everything to her. 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