Chilling Lucy Letby baby murder theories – ‘covert narcissist’ to crush on doc
Child serial killer Lucy Letby faces a lifetime alone behind bars – despite launching a bid to challenge her conviction at the Court of Appeal.
But despite her guilty verdict, the families of the infants she killed, claim they have no explanation or understanding as to why she committed these horrific crimes. The former NHS nurse denied any wrongdoing, despite being handed a life sentence for the murder of seven infants and the attempted murder of six more.
It comes as witnesses claim she may have been responcible for the death of even more babies. Letby may have had as many as 15 victims, according to expert witness testimony.
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The Mirror compiled several theories behind Letby’s baby killing spree between June 2015 and 2016. From being a trying to gain a love interests attention to playing God.
Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC said Letby was a "calculated opportunist" who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick babies to disguise her chilling acts. Her seemingly normal behaviour "persuaded many colleagues that the collapses and deaths were normal."
'Playing God'
Johnson claimed that Letby was playing God by taking the infant's lives into her hands, allowing her to be the first to alert colleagues to the decline in condition.
After her final murder of Child P in June 2016, she allegedly said to a doctor: "He's not making it out of here alive, is he?". Letby reportedly made similar comments in two previous murders.
Johnson told jurors: "She knew what was going to happen. She was controlling things. She was enjoying what was going on. She was predicting things that she knew was going to happen. She, in effect, was playing God."
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'Besotted' with a doctor
Another theory alleges that Letby was infatuated and had a relationship with a married doctor at the hospital – referred to as Dr A. However she denies they were more than friends.
It is understood that she called him after the children's health deteriorated in hope of getting “personal attention”. The pair continued to meet after she was removed from the ward.
Experts claim that the first time Letby appeared to be visibly distressed during her trial had nothing to do with her victims. It was the moment her alleged former "boyfriend" appeared in court to give evidence against her.
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'A thrill' from killing
The families of the victims claim Letby acted strangely after the babies became unwell or died. One parent recalls the killer “smiling”, others claim she tracked them down on Facebook on the anniversary of the child's death.
Johnson suggested to Letby that she was "getting a thrill" out of watching the grief. She denied these claims and told the court that she was "trying, in that awful situation, to have some positive memories".
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'Not good enough'
Evidence pointing towards the former nurse included several handwritten notes found in her bedroom at home, and one green Post-it note was presented to the jury. Letby wrote: "I don't deserve to live.
“I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them. I am a horrible evil person" and in capital letters "I AM EVIL. I DID THIS."
Johnson invited the jurors to read the note "literally" as a confession. But Ben Myers KC, representing Letby, explained the note was the "anguished outpouring of a young woman in fear and despair when she realises the enormity of what's being said about her".
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A 'covert narcissist'
One psychologist has since shared his possible theory behind the killings. Lecturer in criminology at Loughborough University, Dominic Wilmott, told the MailOnline that Letby was a "covert narcissist" and said she may have been motivated by a "pathological desire for attention and sympathy."
"In our analysis of healthcare professionals who perpetrate violence against their patients, especially children, offending appeared to be motivated by a pathological desire for attention and sympathy emerging as a consequence of their involvement in the case," he said.
"There was a complex interaction between this and a history of personality disorder diagnoses and characteristics, and were often found to be highly sadistic and narcissistic as described by those who knew them."
It has also been suggested that Letby was suffering from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, a condition in which carers can intentionally harm children to gain attention for themselves.
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