Lucy Letby cops to probe whether she harmed MORE babies while working as student nurse

DETECTIVES, who brought murderer Lucy Letby to justice, have launched a second probe into whether she harmed other babies while working as a nursing student at two hospitals.

So far, officers have only investigated her murders between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.

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As Letby faces life behind bars, they continue their investigation – it stretches back to 2012 when she first joined the Countess.

But they are also investigating at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where she did internships in 2012 and 2015.

During that time, about 4,000 babies passed through the hospital maternity wards.

Police believe the 33-year-old did not kill any other children but believe she may have harmed or attempted to harm a child.

Officials are reviewing thousands of medical records and some parents have already raised suspicions or have been contacted by police.

Others have already been assigned specialized family officers. Cheshire Police’s Det Supt Paul Hughes said: “We have many years to go through, a huge amount of medical records so it would just be unfair to speculate on that.”

“We are committed to a thorough investigation of the entire footprint.

“We are committed to investigating all cases where Lucy Letby was employed as a nurse and had access to neonatal wards.”

It is likely that senior officials will visit Letby to see if she admits to further crimes.

Det Chief Insp Nicola Evans said: “We have set up our own admissions team so that anyone who is concerned about their own child, wherever the hospital is, is contacted Cheshire Police and put through.

“They’re going to be talking to an investigator about this investigation, and hopefully that means they get some answers pretty quickly.”

The six-year investigation has already cost millions, but police said money is no barrier to exposing all of Letby’s crimes.

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