Lucy Letby strikes up grim friendship with fellow child killer in jail

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Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby 'seems happy as Larry' in prison, reports said recently

Baby murderer Lucy Letby has befriended fellow child murderer Sian Hedges behind bars.

Letby, 34, has reportedly been watching TV show The Traitors and having chats with Hedges, 27, at privately-run Bronzefield Prison, Surrey. Hedges was jailed for life last week for the murder of 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips, who was left with 70 separate injuries and had cocaine in his system after he died.

A source said: "They watch TV a lot together, including stuff like The Traitors, and crime shows. They are on a really nice block, with individual cells with en-suite and TVs with more than 100 Freeview Channels plus radio. Neither seem to work full-time yet so they have plenty of spare time."

It is understood both Letby - who was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempted to murder six others in 2015 and 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital - and Hedges have cells complete with an en-suite shower, a desk, phone and TV at Bronzefield, the only purpose-built private prison solely for women in the UK. Letby became the fourth woman to receive a whole-life order in Britain after she was convicted last August. The former nurse, from Hereford, was sentenced to life without parole at Manchester Crown Court.

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Hedges and partner Jack Benham, 35 – both drug users - inflicted 70 injuries on Alfie in their caravan near Faversham, Kent during a campaign of abuse. His tragic death came after a night of “aggressive, violent discipline” in Benham’s caravan during lockdown in November 2020, The Sun reports.

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Hedges' court case heard how she branded the toddler a “little s***” in a text message before he was killed. Yet after she and Benham were arrested in Hernhill, Kent, Hedges claimed: “I haven’t done anything to him.”

But sitting at Maidstone Crown Court, judge Mr Justice Cavanagh blasted the killers and told them: “Your first thoughts were for yourselves. You maintained your lies through police interviews and at trial.” An HMP Bronzefield spokesperson said: “We can’t comment on individuals.”

Bradley Jolly

Prisons, Lucy Letby, Murder

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