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Sabrina Kauldhar Alleged Canada Serial Killer

Sabrina Kauldhar is an alleged serial killer from Canada who is believed to be responsible for three murders in just three days however authorities are not ruling out more victims

According to police over a three day span Sabrina Kauldhar would allegedly murder Lance Cunningham, 47, in Niagara Falls; and, Mario Bilich, 77, in Hamilton and a woman believed to be in her sixties in Toronto

Police in Ontario Canada are not releasing too much information only that the two male victims were unknown to Sabrina Kauldhar however she and the unidentified victim in Toronto were known to each other

Police have also said that they are not ruling out the possibility that there are more victims out there

Sabrina Kauldhar has been arrested and has been charged with the three murders along with an assortment of other charges

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A 30-year-old Toronto woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the separate deaths of three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton, according to the Toronto police.

Niagara Regional Police and Hamilton Police Service said in a news release the victims are: an unidentified woman believed to be in her 60s in Toronto; Lance Cunningham, 47, in Niagara Falls; and, Mario Bilich, 77, in Hamilton.

Sabrina Kauldhar has been charged with second-degree murder in the Toronto death, second-degree murder in the Niagara Falls death and first-degree murder in the Hamilton death.

Police said investigators were able to link the Hamilton and Niagara Falls deaths after they determined the suspect matched the description in both cases. Investigators later linked the suspect to the Toronto death.

Investigators believe Cunningham and Bilich were “randomly targeted,” while the Toronto victim was known to the suspect, police said.

Niagara police said they arrested Kauldhar in a Burlington hotel on Thursday at 5:45 p.m. After her arrest, she was charged with all three murders.

In Toronto on Tuesday, police were called at 2:08 p.m. to the Keele Street and Dundas Street W. area after it was reported that a woman in her 60s was found dead in a home with “visible trauma to her body.”

In Niagara Falls on Wednesday, police were called at 2:49 p.m. to John Allan Park after it was reported that there was a disturbance. When officers arrived, they found a man critically injured. Despite attempts to save his life by paramedics and firefighters, Cunningham was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Hamilton on Thursday, police responded to a request at 12:26 p.m. for an ambulance to the parking lot of 209 MacNab St. N., where an unresponsive man was suffering from “significant injuries consistent with a stabbing.” Bilich was taken to hospital, where he died.

At a news conference in Niagara Falls on Friday afternoon, Niagara Police Chief Bill Fordy said the accused appeared in provincial court in St. Catharines on Friday to face the three charges. Kauldhar was scheduled to appear Friday as well at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre virtually.

According to Toronto police, she is being held in custody by Niagara police.

Fordy said if convicted, the accused would fit the definition of a serial killer.

He added he was pleased that police were able to make an arrest given that the killings occurred over three days this week. He noted that police have not yet released exactly how the victims were killed.
Attacks on 2 men believed to be random

Fordy said these types of offences have had a “significant impact” on the three communities, and that Cunningham and Bilich have families left behind in Niagara Falls and Hamilton.

“We offer our sincere condolences to the families,” Fordy said.

Fordy said police are not aware of any connection between the attacks on Cunningham and Bilich or any motive.

The two men “were both going about their business and we believe that they were random attacks,” he said.

Fordy said the accused has interacted with police before the incidents. He added it was not uncommon for her to use public transit and taxis.

He said more than 100 investigators are working on the case, trying to figure out the timeline of events, and have done an extensive canvas of video footage.

Fordy said police are in contact with other police services to see if there are other alleged attacks in Ontario that might be linked to the suspect.

Hamilton Police Det.-Sgt. Sara Beck told the news conference that Bilich, a retired teacher with the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, is well-known in Hamilton.

She said Bilich was in a social club before the attack, meeting with friends as part of his weekly routine, and police have video of the accused “present there,” following him to the area of his vehicle and then leaving the area shortly after the attack.

Patrick Daly, chair of the school board, said in an email Friday that Bilich was a “long serving faith filled and exemplary Catholic teacher” at Cathedral High School.

“He was held in the highest regard by students, his colleagues, parents and our board. We are shocked and saddened and will remember the repose of his soul, family and all who loved Mario in our prayers,” Daly said.

Kim Cunningham, wife of Lance, said they have a 13-year-old daughter together.

“He was my best friend. A wonderful father for our daughter, the fun Dad,” Kim said in an email on Friday.

“He loved fishing, hiking with our dogs…. A sports fanatic-lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Loved all kinds of music. Always trying to help people with advice,” she added.

“He did not deserve this. I want my husband back.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-woman-three-murders-police-arrested-charged-1.7343289

Robert Pickton Attacked In Prison

Robert Pickton the notorious Canadian serial killer has been attacked in prison and remains in critical condition

According to court documents Robert Pickton who is known as the Pig Farmer was convicted of six murders but is believed to be responsible for 49 murders has been in prison since being convicted over twenty years ago. Due to Canada law he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for twenty five years

According to online sources Robert Pickton was being housed at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec when he was attacked with a broken off broom handle and allegedly stabbed in the head with the weapon. The serial killer was rushed to the hospital and remains in critical condition

The identity of the attacker or the motive behind the attack has not been made public by Corrections Canada

Update – Robert Pickton would die from his injuries on May 31 2024

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Notorious serial killer Robert Pickton has reportedly been hospitalized with critical injuries after a vicious prison attack in Quebec.

This is after what Correctional Services of Canada is calling a major assault on a prisoner Sunday afternoon at the maximum security Port-Cartier Institution.

“The injured inmate was evaluated and transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment,” the CSC said in a written statement on Monday. “The Sûreté du Québec is presently investigating the incident. The assailant has been identified and the appropriate actions have been taken

Corrections has not named the prisoner but a number of media outlets cite sources who identify him as former Port Coquitlam pig farmer Robert “Willie” Pickton.

Pickton, who is 74, is serving a life sentence after his 2007 conviction for the murder of six women.

He was arrested in 2002 during a major investigation centering on the disappearance of dozens of vulnerable women, mostly from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

He was originally charged with 27 killings but 21 of the counts were stayed and never made it to trial.

The DNA of an additional six women was later found on his Port Coquitlam property.

Pickton was recently in the headlines as he became eligible to apply for day parole on February 22, prompting outrage from victims’ families and politicians like MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

“Most of these women and their families will never receive the justice they deserve,” said the Conservative MP for South Surrey-White Rock. “Monsters like him should only leave prison in a body bag.”

CityNews has reached out Corrections Services Canada for confirmation, along with Pickton’s Edmonton-based lawyer Ian Runkle.

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Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after he was assaulted in prison on Sunday, Radio-Canada is reporting.

The Correctional Services of Canada (CSC) said in a statement Monday that an inmate at the maximum-security Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec was the victim of a major assault.

Quebec provincial police, the Sûreté du Québec, are investigating.

The CSC said the injured inmate was taken out of the prison and moved to a hospital for treatment.

Two sources, including one police source, confirmed with Radio-Canada that the unnamed, assaulted inmate is Robert Pickton. The sources say Pickton is between life and death.

Authorities identified the assailant, who is another inmate, and “appropriate actions have been taken,” the CSC said in the statement.

Port-Cartier, Que., is located around 700 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

In 2007, Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

They were Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Marnie Frey, Georgina Papin and Brenda Wolfe.

The remains or DNA of 34 women, many of whom were Indigenous, were found on Pickton’s pig farm in Port Coquitlam, about 25 kilometres east of downtown Vancouver.

Pickton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of full parole for 25 years.

In an interview with Radio-Canda’s Tout un matin Tuesday, federal Public Security Minister Dominic LeBlanc said an internal investigation will be carried out at the Port-Cartier prison to shed light on the circumstances of the attack.

He did not confirm the identity of the inmate who was assaulted, citing reasons related to the protection of privacy and security in prisons

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-prison-robert-pickton-assault-1.7209598

Robert Pickton Death

B.C. killer Robert Pickton is dead, just days after he was assaulted at a maximum security prison in Quebec, Correctional Service Canada confirmed Friday (May 31).

Pickton, 74, died in hospital May 31 after being injured in an assault by another inmate on May 19 at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Correctional Service Canada says it is launching a Board of Investigation in the assault. The invesigation will look into the circumstances around the assault, and whether policies and protocols were followed.

Quebec provincial police spokesman Frédéric Deshaies said Friday afternoon that Pickton had died “in the last few hours.”

He said police were also continuing to investigate the assault and that they had a 51-year-old suspect.

Correctional Service Canada said at the time of his death, Pickton had been serving an indeterminate sentence that began on Dec. 11, 2007 for six counts of second-degree murder, with the maximum parole ineligibility period of 25 years.

He was charged with the murders of 26 women, but the remains or DNA of 33 – many who were taken from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – were found on Pickton’s Port Coquitlam pig farm. He once bragged to an undercover officer that he killed a total of 49.

Pickton’s confirmed victims were Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Ann Wolfe, Georgina Papin and Marnie Frey.

His next of kin has been notified, and Correctional Service Canada has also contacted registered victims. A coroner has also been notified.

“We are mindful that this offender’s case has had a devastating impact on communities in British Columbia and across the country, including Indigenous peoples, victims and their families. Our thoughts are with them,” Correctional Service Canada said in its news release.

Papin’s sister, Cynthia Cardinal, said Pickton’s death means she can finally move on from her sister’s murder.

“This is gonna bring healing for, I won’t say all families, I’ll just say most of the families,” she said.

“Because they didn’t get their day in court, (that’s) what I’m really sad about. But I’m also feeling really happy right now,” said Cardinal.

“I’m like — wow, finally. I can actually move on and heal and I can put this behind me.”

Police began searching the Pickton farm in the Vancouver suburb of Port Coquitlam more than 22 years ago in what would be a years-long investigation into the disappearances of dozens of women, many of them from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Vancouver police were criticized for not taking the cases seriously because many of the missing were sex workers or drug users.

Pickton became eligible for day parole in February, which sparked outrage from advocates, politicians and victims’ family members who criticized Canada’s justice system, saying he should never be released from prison.

Premier David Eby said Friday that his first thoughts go to the families of Pickton’s victims. While Pickton’s death could bring closure to some of them, it could also re-open old wounds, he said.

“Robert Pickton preyed on the most vulnerable people in society,” Eby said. What happened to them underscores the need to ensure the dignity of all British Columbians, he told reporters shortly after the news broke.

“Good riddance.”

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, who was one of several Lower Mainland mayors to sign a letter calling for Pickton to not be allowed day parole, said “Today, my thoughts are with one group and one group only: the victims and all their families.”

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the province will continue to do everything it can to support the families of the victims in finding answers and justice.

“While we have seen the end of a heinous life, we know that for the families of Pickton’s victims, this news has reopened old wounds and brought back painful feelings and memories,” he said.

“That pain is still being felt today for the families of the victims, and our entire community.

Black Press Media has reached out to Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim.

https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/bc-killer-robert-pickton-dead-days-after-prison-attack-7368747

Rebecca Auborn Potential Ohio Serial Killer

Rebecca Auborn is a woman from Columbus Ohio who may be a serial killer. So far she has been charged with four murders

According to court documents Rebecca Auborn would allegedly set up meetings with her victims with the promise of sex. However when the men arrived they would be drugged and robbed. Unfortunately for the men four of them would die from a fatal drug overdose. A fifth victim would survive. Police are not searching all fatal overdoses to see if there is any links between them and Auborn

Rebecca Auborn has been charged with: four counts of murder, four counts of involuntary manslaughter, five counts of aggravated robbery, five counts of felonious assault, five counts of corrupting another with drugs, one count of tampering with evidence, and four counts of trafficking in drugs

No word yet whether prosecutors are planning to seek the death penalty

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A Columbus woman was indicted on more charges, including four murder counts, for allegedly dosing men paying for sex with drugs to steal from them.

Rebbeca Auborn, 33, was originally indicted in September. The criminal complaint that led to her future indictment accused her of mixing fentanyl into a ‘John’s’ crack pipe

She reportedly confessed to a Columbus police detective that she engaged a man for sex with another woman and directed the other woman to dose the johns, the charging document for the original aggravated robbery charge filed in September said.

After being indicted for murder, felonious assault, corrupt others with a drug, and more, a grand jury on Wednesday returned a new indictment for three other murder charges for a total of:

four counts of murder
four counts of involuntary manslaughter
five counts of aggravated robbery
five counts of felonious assault
five counts of corrupting another with drugs
one count of tampering with evidence
four counts of trafficking in drugs

According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office:

Victim 1, attempted overdose on Dec. 13, 2022
Victim 2, fatal overdose on Jan. 15, 2023
Victim 3, fatal overdose on April 1, 2023
Victim 4, fatal overdose on April 13, 2023
Victim 5, fatal overdose on June 17, 2023

Investigators believe more victims may exist. Her alleged activities occurred in between December 2022 and August 2023 and within the area of I-71, State Route 161, Cleveland Avenue and E. 17th Avenue.

Anyone with information or who may have been a victim can contact the Columbus Division of Police homicide tip line at 614-645-2228.

Auborn has been incarcerated in the Franklin County jail since her original indictment. A court docket for that case indicated she was since hospitalized.

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/columbus-woman-indicted-accused-of-fatally-drugging-men-to-steal

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Columbus police and the Ohio Attorney General’s office on Oct. 25 announced an indictment against Rebecca Auborn, a 33-year-old woman authorities say is a serial killer.

Here’s what we know about the case.
Who is Rebecca Auborn?

Auborn, 33, is from the Northeast Side of Columbus. She had no significant criminal history until earlier this year when police say she began meeting men for sex and drugging them in order to rob them.

Records show Auborn has at least one child and had a daughter who died at 18 days old in November 2016.

Authorities allege that Auborn met men for sex at hotels around Columbus, drugging them and then robbing them. The men died from fatal overdoses in at least four of those meetings. A fifth person survived, the attorney general’s office said.

According to the indictment, the fatal overdoses occurred on Jan. 15, April 1, April 13 and June 17. The person who survived met Auborn on Dec. 13.

The meetings are believed to have taken place at hotels on the Northeast Side of Columbus in the areas of Interstate 71, State Route 161, Cleveland Avenue and East 17th Avenue.

In September, authorities charged Auborn in connection with the Jan. 15 case that resulted in the death of a 30-year-old man.

Court records from another case said Auborn admitted to detectives that she had mixed fentanyl in a man’s crack pipe after meeting him for sex. In that case, Auborn told detectives she knew the man was overdosing, but took his vehicle and debit card, according to court records.

In the indictment filed Wednesday, Rebecca Auborn is charged with four counts of murder and four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths. She also faces five counts of aggravated robbery, five counts of felonious assault, five counts of corrupting another with drugs, one count of tampering with evidence and four counts of trafficking in drugs.

All of the charges are felonies.

Should Auborn be convicted on all charges, she faces decades in prison.

How did the investigation start?

The Ohio Attorney General’s office said in a press release the investigation began because of a tip received by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

According to the AG’s office, that tip said a woman was meeting “johns” at hotels in Northeast Columbus and drugging them in order to steal their possession.

Police are continuing to investigate overdose deaths that occurred between December 2022 and August 2023 in the area bounded by Interstate 71, Route 161, Cleveland Avenue and East 17th Avenue.

What are police saying about the case?

Reached for comment Thursday morning, Columbus police said they are currently not providing interviews to any media outlets. However, authorities have asked that anyone with information to call a tip line at 614-645-2228.
What happens next in the case?

Rebecca Auborn will next appear in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for an arraignment, which is currently scheduled for Friday afternoon.

At that hearing, a judge will set bond in the case and Auborn is expected to enter a not guilty plea. The case will then have a trial date set.

Rebecca Auborn does not currently have a lawyer appointed to represent her, according to court records.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2023/10/26/what-we-know-accused-serial-killer-rebecca-auborn-columbus-ohio-prostitute-drug-overdose/71325575007/

Billy Chemirmir Serial Killer Murdered In Prison

Billy Chemirmir who was a suspected serial killer from Texas was the victim of a prison murder

According to court documents Billy Chemirmir was convicted of two murders however was suspected of murdering twenty two elderly women in the Dallas area who lived in Senior Living Housing. Billy would break into the residence where he would smother the elderly women. Finally a 91 year old woman would call 911 after escaping from the serial killer which would eventually lead to his arrest where he was charged with dozens of crimes including twenty two counts of murder

Eventually Billy Chemirmir would be convicted of two murders and was serving two life sentences without parole at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. Prison officials have not released a ton of details other than Billy was found dead in his cell and his cellmate was the main suspect in the murder

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Billy Chemirmir, a man convicted of killing two people and accused in the deaths of nearly two dozen others, was found dead in his cell in a Texas state prison early Tuesday morning, NBC 5 has learned.

Charged with killing 22 North Texas women over a two-year span, Chemirmir was found guilty of capital murder in October 2022 in the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks. His first trial, for the murder of Lu Thi Harris, ended in a mistrial. Chemirmir was later convicted of the murder charge.

Chemirmir, 50, had been serving two prison sentences of life without parole in the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony near Palestine.

Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Chemirmir was found deceased in his cell early Tuesday. The TDCJ said Chemirmir’s cellmate, who is serving a sentence for murder out of Dallas County, was identified as the assailant.

No further details about Chemirmir’s death have been confirmed and the TDCJ said the Office of Inspector General is investigating Chemirmir’s death.

The families of Chemirmir’s victims were notified of his death early Tuesday.

On Tuesday afternoon, some of the family members of Chemirmir’s victims said they were relieved to learn of his death.

“My mother died in fear. This man did not have a peaceful passing. There’s some relief in feeling that he didn’t get off easily,” said Shannon Dion, whose 92-year-old mother, Doris Gleason, was among those Chemirmir was charged with killing.

Chemirmir was caught after a 91-year-old woman survived a 2018 attack and told police a man had forced his way into her apartment at an independent living community for seniors, tried to smother her with a pillow and took her jewelry.

Police said they found Chemirmir the following day in the parking lot of his apartment complex holding jewelry and cash, having just thrown away a large red jewelry box. Documents in the jewelry box led them to the home of Harris who was found dead in her bedroom.

Prosecutors said the suspected serial killer targeted people inside their homes or at senior independent living centers, smothering them with pillows to steal jewelry.

Most of the deaths were initially ruled natural causes, despite families reporting odd circumstances and stolen jewelry. It wasn’t until a woman survived an attack on her life, leading police to Chemirmir that the cases were reopened and indictments were filed.

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot planned to secure two convictions before dismissing the remaining cases. Earlier this summer Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said he did not plan to try the nine capital murder indictments his office had against Chemirmir.

Billy Chemirmir was the subject of an NBC 5 streaming series, “Stranger at the Door,” that looked into the dozens of deaths attributed to Billy Chemirmir. The series can be watched online here or on TV following the instructions below.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/convicted-killer-billy-chemirmir-dies-in-texas-prison/3341467/

Lucy Letby Nurse Serial Killer

Lucy Letby is a serial killer from Britain who was responsible for the murders of seven babies making her the worst baby serial killer in Britain history

According to court documents Lucy Letby was employed as a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital where in a year period she would murder seven babies (five female, two male) and attempted to murder six more

Someone at the hospital put together that babies were dying at an incredible rate while she was on shift. A search of her apartment would reveal notes where she called herself evil and killed them on purpose

Lucy Letby is going to be sentenced early next week where she will be sentenced to life in prison and her mandatory minimum is expected to be high ensuring she will die behind bars ( Lucy Letby was sentenced to 14 whole life terms so basically she has no opportunity at release)

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British nurse Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder six others in 2015 and 2016.

Letby was found guilty of 14 of the 22 counts she faced following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court, according to a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service. The 11-person jury was undecided on the attempted murder of a further four babies.

She will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Monday.

Letby worked in the neonatal ward of the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, England. The convictions came after a trial filled with disturbing testimony about her crimes.

In a statement obtained by PEOPLE following the trial, Pascale Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service said that Letby’s attacks were “a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her.”

“Lucy Letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies,” the statement read. “Little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their midst. She did her utmost to conceal her crimes, by varying the ways in which she repeatedly harmed babies in her care.”

The statement continued, “She sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each baby’s existing vulnerability. In her hands, innocuous substances like air, milk, fluids – or medication like insulin – would become lethal. She perverted her learning and weaponized her craft to inflict harm, grief and death.”

“Time and again, she harmed babies, in an environment which should have been safe for them and their families. Parents were exposed to her morbid curiosity and her fake compassion. Too many of them returned home to empty baby rooms. Many surviving children live with permanent consequences of her assaults upon their lives.”

Jones added that her “thoughts are with families of the victims who may never have closure, but who now have answers to questions which had troubled them for years.”

Letby was removed from the neonatal ward in 2016, after senior hospital staff grew suspicious following a year of mysterious deaths and near-deaths of infants.

During the trial, it was revealed that Letby, 33, wrote a sympathy card to the parents of one of the babies she killed, the BBC reported.

A copy of the card, which reads, in part, “your loved one will be remembered with many smiles,” was shown in court earlier this year

“There are no words to make this time any easier,” Letby wrote, according to the BBC. “It was a real privilege to care for [the child] and get to know you as a family — a family who always put [child] first and did everything possible for her. She will always be part of your lives and we will never forget her. Thinking of you today and always.”

Lucy Letby also apologized for not being able to attend the baby girl’s funeral.

“Sorry I cannot be there to say goodbye. Lots of love Lucy x,” she wrote

Lucy Letby has now been found guilty of murdering the baby girl, who she tried to kill three times, according to the BBC

Earlier in the trial, prosecutors told jurors of Post-It notes that were discovered at Letby’s home in which she wrote that she was “evil” and “killed them on purpose,” the BBC reported.

While some notes read she’s a “horrible evil person” who isn’t “good enough,” others included what prosecutor Nick Johnson told the court was “protestations of innocence” with one reading: “I haven’t done anything wrong and they have no evidence so why have I had to hide away?”

https://people.com/crime/lucy-letby-nurse-found-guilty-murdering-infants/

Lucy Letby Sentencing

Lucy Letby will die in prison after being handed 14 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others while working on a hospital’s neonatal unit.

The judge imposed a whole-life order for each offence she committed, meaning she will spend the rest of her life in prison unless under very exceptional circumstances.

Lucy Letby, 33, did not appear in court for her sentencing.

Mr Justice Goss told Manchester Crown Court: “There was premeditation, calculation and cunning in your actions.”

He said Lucy Letby “relished” being in the intensive care unit where she took an interest in “uncommon” complications and targeted twins and triplets.

The judge said before passing sentence: “Over a period of 13 months, you killed seven fragile babies and attempted to kill six others.

“Some of your victims were only a day, or a few days old. All were extremely vulnerable.”

He added: “This was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable children, knowing your actions were causing significant physical suffering.

“There was a malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions.

“During the course of this trial you have coldly denied any responsibility for your wrongdoing.

“You have no remorse. There are no mitigating factors.

“In their totality, the offences of murder and attempted murder are of exceptionally high seriousness, and just punishment, according to law, requires a whole life order.”

Letby – who was in her mid-20s and working at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time of the murders between June 2015 and June 2016 – is the UK’s most prolific child killer of modern times.

“The impact of your crimes has been immense,” the judge said, adding “lifelong harm” had been caused after Letby targeted babies whose lives were cut short “almost as soon as they began”.

“Loving parents have been robbed of their cherished children,” he added. “You have caused deep psychological trauma.

This morning, the mother of a baby murdered by the nurse said her experience in hospital was “like something out of a horror story” as the families revealed their heartbreak in court.

The mother of premature baby Child D said the funeral was held the day before her due date, and the newborn’s organs could not be donated because a post-mortem had to be performed.

Another woman whose two children E and F were attacked by Letby said they were born after painful rounds of IVF.

“No children in the world were more wanted than them,” she added

Mr Justice Goss said in his remarks: “You acted in a way that was completely contrary to the normal human instincts of nurturing and caring for babies and in gross breach of the trust that all citizens place in those who work in the medical and caring professions.

“The babies you harmed were born prematurely and some were at risk of not surviving but in each case you deliberately harmed them, intending to kill them.”

He said Lucy Letby took opportunities to harm babies while staff were on breaks.

The judge said: “You knew the last thing anyone working in the unit would or did think was that someone caring for the babies was deliberately harming them.”

Lucy Letby had been found guilty by a series of partial verdicts, delivered several days apart, with the judge issuing reporting restrictions until the end of the trial.

Among the guilty verdicts, Letby was convicted of six counts of attempted murder, including two involving the same infant.

https://news.sky.com/story/lucy-letby-will-die-in-prison-after-murdering-seven-babies-12944433