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U.K. nurse denies murdering 8 babies in hospital ward

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook, depicting Lucy Letby appearing via video link at court in Warrington, England, Thursday Nov. 12, 2020, charged with the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 others. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP) Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook, depicting Lucy Letby appearing via video link at court in Warrington, England, Thursday Nov. 12, 2020, charged with the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 others. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
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LONDON -

A British nurse in a neonatal ward on Monday denied charges of murdering eight babies and trying to kill 10 more in the hospital where she worked.

Lucy Letby, 31, appeared for a brief hearing at Manchester Crown Court by video link from prison. She answered 鈥渘ot guilty鈥 to eight charges of murder and 10 charges of attempted murder between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital, south of Liverpool in northwest England.

Police began investigating baby deaths at the hospital in 2017, and arrested and charged Letby last year. She was previously arrested twice, in 2018 and 2019, but was twice bailed pending further enquiries.

The identities of the surviving and deceased children, as well as their parents, are protected by a court order.

A judge remanded Letby in custody and said a trial lasting up to six months will be held from October 2022.

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