The Crown Prosecution Service said it will not bring further charges against Lucy Letby beyond the convictions that led to 15 life sentences for seven murders and eight attempted murders. The CPS reviewed a separate evidence file submitted by Cheshire Constabulary but concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge in additional cases. Cheshire Constabulary disputes the decision and says it submitted files for two alleged murders and nine attempted murders. An investigation into the Countess of Chester Hospital for potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter remains ongoing.
CPS Says No Further Charges For Nurse Lucy Letby — Police Dispute Decision
The Crown Prosecuting Service announced Tuesday that there will be no more charges against British nurse Lucy Letby, was sentened to 15 life sentences in the murders of seven children. Photo courtesy of Cheshire Police
Lucy Letby, the British neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven infants, will not face charges in any additional deaths, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Tuesday.
Letby, 36, was handed 15 life sentences after being found guilty of seven murders and eight attempted murders related to seven other babies between June 2015 and June 2016. She was arrested in 2018 following an inquiry by Cheshire Constabulary after the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust reported an unusually high number of deaths in its neonatal unit in May 2017.
New Review Found Insufficient Evidence
Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS's Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said the CPS reviewed a further file of evidence submitted by Cheshire Constabulary. 'We received a file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary in July 2025 asking us to consider further allegations against Lucy Letby relating to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital,' he said.
Ferguson added that prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence to bring charges in the additional matters under consideration.
The CPS said it examined potential offences of murder and attempted murder in relation to two infants who died and attempted murder in relation to seven infants who survived, but concluded the available evidence did not meet the test for charging.
Police Say They Disagree
Cheshire Constabulary publicly disputed the CPS decision, saying it 'is not the outcome we had anticipated.' The force said it submitted files for nine attempted murder allegations and two alleged murders and believed the material met the CPS charging standard.
'The CPS did not agree, and despite our representations we must respect the decision that has been made,' the force said, while reiterating its belief that the evidence was sufficient to prosecute.
Ongoing Hospital Investigation
Cheshire Constabulary also confirmed there remains an active investigation into the Countess of Chester Hospital for potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter.
Prosecutors and independent medical experts have previously said investigators believe Letby may have caused infant deaths by methods including insulin poisoning, inducing air embolisms and overfeeding. Those findings formed part of earlier prosecutions and expert testimony.
The CPS decision closes the most recent review of additional allegations, but it leaves open tensions between prosecutors and police and does not affect Letby's existing convictions and sentences.
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