Lucy Letby murdered a baby when her mother went on the school run, and attacked other newborns when their parents left the neonatal unit to rest, a court heard today.
Nine of the babies Lucy Letby either murdered or tried to murder suffered a critical deterioration shortly after their parents had left them on the neonatal unit where she worked, a jury was told.
The infants were named by prosecutor Nick Johnson KC as the neonatal nurse faced a fifth day of cross-examination at Manchester Crown Court.
Letby is accused of murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and attempting to murder a further ten.
Today Mr Johnson identified five of the alleged murder victims and four others as those whose care was 'sabotaged' when Letby took advantage of their parents' departure.
In some cases the parents had left the neonatal unit to get some rest, in one instance so that a mother could collect her other children from school.
Letby today faltered in the witness box as she was cross-examined about her claim to have discovered a baby lying pale and critically ill in a darkened nursery, and denied an accusation she was trying to 'massage the evidence'.
Lucy Letby, 33, who is accused of murdering premature babies, seen being cross examined in a court sketch last week
Mr Johnson was cross-examining Letby about Baby H when he referred to a WhatsApp message she had sent an off-duty nurse, 레깅스룸 telling her she was helping another colleague 'so was at least still involved' in H's care.