Hospital Where Lucy Letby Worked Being Investigated for 'Corporate Manslaughter' After Deaths of Infants

Cheshire Police confirmed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that the investigation is in the "very early stages"

The hospital where Lucy Letby worked is being investigated for “corporate manslaughter” after the deaths of seven infants.

The British former neonatal nurse, 33, was sentenced to life in prison in August after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northern England between 2015 and 2016.

On Wednesday, Cheshire Police confirmed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that they are carrying out an investigation at the healthcare facility.

“The investigation will focus on the indictment period of the charges for Lucy Letby, from June 2015 to June 2016, and consider areas including senior leadership and decision making to determine whether any criminality has taken place,” Detective Superintendent Simon Blackwell said in the statement. “At this stage we are not investigating any individuals in relation to gross negligence manslaughter.”

The statement added that the investigation is in the “very early stages.”

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“We recognize that this investigation will have a significant impact on a number of different stakeholders including the families in this case and we are continuing to work alongside and support them during this process,” the statement concluded.

Letby was removed from the neonatal ward at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2016 after senior staff, who had observed a year of “mysterious deaths and near-deaths of infants,” became suspicious of Letby. She was moved to “clerical duties” in June 2016.

Last month, the Court of Appeal Criminal Division confirmed to PEOPLE that they had received an application from Letby for permission to appeal her convictions.

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Days later, PEOPLE also reported that she was facing a retrial over an attempted murder allegation relating to a baby girl, known as Baby K in court, in February 2016.

During the 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court in England, the 11-man jury was unable to reach verdicts on six counts of attempted murder, relating to five other babies.

A provisional trial date of June 10, 2024, has been set at Manchester Crown Court, according to BBC News. The retrial is estimated to last up to three weeks.

The other five outstanding murder allegations are not being pursued for a retrial.

“These decisions on whether to seek retrials on the remaining counts of attempted murder were extremely complex and difficult,” Chief Crown Prosecutor Jonathan Storer of CPS Mersey-Cheshire said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

“Before reaching our conclusions we listened carefully to the views of the families affected, police and prosecution counsel. Many competing factors were considered including the evidence heard by the court during the long trial and its impact on our legal test for proceeding with a prosecution.”

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“We have met with all the families affected by these decisions to explain how they were reached,” the statement concluded.

Letby was found guilty of killing newborns in her care by injecting air into their stomachs, poisoning them with insulin and force- feeding them milk. “In her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk, fluids — or medication like insulin — would become lethal,” Pascale Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE following Letby’s conviction.

During her sentencing, which Letby did not attend, Judge Justice Goss said the former healthcare professional had shown no remorse for her crimes. This was captured in a video shared by BBC News

He added that Letby had waged “cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children.”

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