THIS is probably what Johnson will question her about today. This starts where he left off yesterday, following Baby Q's collapse:
END OF PROSECUTION OPENING SPEECH
Chester Standard:
The proseution say Lucy Letby was "worried" when she got home that night.
She texted a doctor at 10.46pm and asked "do I need to be worried about what Dr G was asking?"
The doctor sought to put her mind at rest and told her that Dr G was only asking to make sure that the normal procedures were carried out. She replied that after Child Q had collapsed she (LL) had walked into the equipment room and Dr G had been asking the other nurse who was present in the room (when Child Q had collapsed) and how quickly someone had gone to him because she (LL) had not been there.
She continued her texts to the doctor, telling him that she had needed to go to her designated baby in room 1.
The following day, Child Q's gases were unsatisfactory, but he had been extubated 4 hours earlier and was in air with high saturations.
Medical staff noted a 'mildly dilated loop of bowel' on Child Q's left side and raised the possibility of NEC and surgery.
Child Q was transferred to Alder Hey, where he quickly stabilised and no surgery was required.
The prosecution say this was "another child who had suffered life-threatening problems and...when out of the orbit of Lucy Letby, he made a rapid recovery."
Other than three days the following week, that was the last time Lucy Letby worked in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the court is told.
In Letby's home search, officers recovered the handover sheet from the morning of June 25 which included Child Q's name. This was a document which should not have left the hospital.
When interviewed by police, Letby agreed Child Q had been well enough for her to leave him on the morning of June 25.
When asked about the excess air aspirated from his stomach,
she suggested babies sometimes gulp air when they vomit. She denied putting excess air down the NGT.
Lucy Letby trial recap: Prosecution finishes outlining case, defence gives statement
Mr Johnson: "Following those events, the consultants suspected that the deaths and life-threatening collapses of these 17 children were not medically explicable and were the result of the actions of Lucy Letby.
"No doubt they were acutely aware that making such an allegation against a nurse was as serious as it gets.
"They, at the time, did not have the benefit of the evidence that you will hear and the decision was taken by the hospital took the decision to remove Lucy Letby from a hands-on role. She was moved to clerical duties where she would not come into contact with children.
"The police were contacted and began a very lengthy and complex enquiry.
"This involved the police contacting independent paediatricians and other specialists to review many cases which had passed through the NNU at the CoCH. Following that review, the decision was taken to arrest Lucy Letby –
the first arrest came in July 2018.
"On July 3 she was arrested at her home, where the house was searched.
"In addition to some of the paperwork, they found some other interesting items.
"There were some Post-it notes with closely written words on them, some of which included the names of some of her colleagues.
"On some of the notes were phrases such as “Why/how has this happened – what process has led to this current situation. What allegations have been made and by who? Do they have written evidence to support their comments?"
"In her writings, she expressed frustration at the fact that she was not being allowed back on the neonatal unit and wrote 'I haven’t done anything wrong and they have no evidence so why have I had to hide away?'
"Her notes also expressed concern for the long-term effects of what she feared was being alleged against her and there are also many protestations of innocence."
"On another piece of paper, she wrote: 'I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough”.
“'I am a horrible evil person' and in capital letters, 'I AM EVIL I DID THIS'.
"That, in a nutshell," Mr Johnson tells the court, "is your case."
That is the conclusion of the prosecution opening.
Lucy Letby trial recap: Prosecution finishes outlining case, defence gives statement
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