Lucy Letby: The Nurse Who Killed | Panorama

Duration: 58'26''

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Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering and harming babies. What turned a likeable nurse into a serial killer? Judith Moritz reveals evidence of a cover-up by hospital bosses.

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