Lucy Letby questioned over suspicious deaths of babies in Liverpool

Jailed neonatal nurse's lawyer condemns leaking by police' as possible link to Liverpool Women's hospital emerges

Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday as he condemned leaking by the police" after it was confirmed the neonatal nurse had been interviewed over more suspicious deaths of babies.

Letby, who is serving a whole-life sentence for killing and maiming newborns in her care, was questioned under caution about other unexpected deaths and collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital and, for the first time, at Liverpool Women's hospital where she trained as a student, Cheshire police said.