Final report on Lucy Letby baby murders due in early 2026, inquiry says
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Posted on May 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The final report on Lucy Letby's baby murders inquiry will be released in early 2026, examining the UK's most prolific serial child killer case.
LONDON (Reuters) -The final report of a public inquiry into the murder of seven newborn babies by British nurse Lucy Letby will be published early next year, a statement on the inquiry's website said on Thursday.
Letby, 35, was found guilty of murdering seven children and attempting to murder seven more between June 2015 and June 2016 while working in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, northern England, making her Britain's most prolific serial child killer of modern times.
Her case prompted the government to order an inquiry to examine how the killings went undetected, and review the hospital's response to concerns raised about Letby before her arrest.
Kathryn Thirlwall, the chair of the inquiry, is expected to write to those criticised in the final report in September with the document due to be completed by the end of November, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Michael Holden, writing by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William James)
Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder seven more while working in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital.
The final report of the public inquiry into Lucy Letby's actions is due to be published early next year, with completion expected by the end of November.
The inquiry is chaired by Kathryn Thirlwall, who is responsible for reviewing the circumstances surrounding the murders and the hospital's response.
The inquiry was ordered to examine how the murders went undetected and to review the hospital's response to concerns raised about Letby before her arrest.
Kathryn Thirlwall is expected to write to those criticized in the final report in September, prior to the document's completion.
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