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  • 33-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of killing seven babies in the neonatal unit of a hospital in England.

  • A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read “I killed them on purpose”.

  • Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.

  • BilboBargains@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The NHS has been gutted by successive conservative governments. It’s a shadow of it’s former self and not really a health service at this point. This type of crime could happen anywhere but a lack of funding would surely also contribute to a lack of oversight.