A British nurse refused to appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked.
Lucy Letby, 33, could face a whole life order, meaning she spends the rest of her life behind bars, when she is sentenced later at Manchester Crown Court in northern England. She was found guilty on Friday by a jury, in a case that horrified the country and made her the most prolific child serial killer of recent times.
I think it’s because you can’t really force a person to behave properly if they don’t want to. They could force her to be there but they would have to restrain her and gag her because she could just scream and kick the entire time. It’s so easy for her to spoil the moment that they only do it if she is on board with it.