During her second day in the witness box, Letby said: 'It felt like
we walked through the door into this awful situation. That was the first time I'd met (Baby) A and his parents. It was a huge shock'.
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Her barrister then asked what it felt like to be the subject of such an allegation.
She replied: 'It's awful. I wasn't even supposed to be working that night. It was such a shock to walk into that situation'.
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Letby recalled that the following morning a nursing friend on the unit sent her a WhatsApp message to say: 'You did amazing. So proud of you…You did fab xxxx'.
Moments later she said she hoped the alleged killer hadn't found the compliment patronising.
Letby replied: 'It's not patronising at all. Appreciate you saying that and thanks for letting me do it but supporting me so well'. [...]
[re Facebook searches] 'To walk into the unit that morning and to have not met the parents…I wanted to see the people behind the awful event that had happened. They were on my mind'.
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At one point Letby broke off while answering a question, appearing to be startled by a noise in the courtroom.
Mr Myers noticed her hesitancy and asked whether she was able to continue. “Yeah, I’m very easily distracted,” said Letby.
Her barrister asked: “Have you always been like that?”. “No,” she replied.
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She also rejected the mother’s assertion that she had told her to leave the unit. “That’s not something
we would do,” she told Mr Myers.
During her second day in the witness box at Manchester Crown Court, Lucy Letby admitted the death of Baby A in 2015 affected her and came as a 'huge shock'. The trial continues.
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