Lucy Letby's lonely jail Christmas with no family visits or presents and chilling 'new friends'
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Lucy Letby will spend Christmas alone without any jail privileges, a former prison officer tells The Mirror. The former NHS nurse, 34, was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven more between 2015 and 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She was handed her 15th whole-life term in July for attempting to murder a premature baby girl, meaning she will spend the rest of her time behind bars until she dies.
It is believed Letby is currently incarcerated at privately-run HMP Bronzefield in Surrey. As a Category A prisoner with a 'target on her head', the killer nurse is likely to have a lonely and sheltered festive period with little outside contact, according to retired prison governor Vanessa Frake, who spent nearly three decades working inside jail.
Vanessa expects Letby to still be on suicide watch, continuously monitored by officers and targeted by inmates, as she spends her second Christmas serving a whole-life sentence. Vanessa told The Mirror: "My own thoughts are that it's too early in her sentence to take her off suicide watch yet.".
The former warden, who observed the likes of child killer Beverley Allitt, Moors murderer Myra Hindley and serial killer Rose West over her 27-year career, believes Letby will not be treated differently to other inmates this Christmas, despite previous reports of her receiving privileges, including watching television and dying her hair.
"I don't believe Letby has any more or any less than other prisoners. Her privileges would have to be earned," Vanessa, who was head of security and operations at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, said. "Letby is no different from any other prisoner serving a whole-life sentence, and she will not receive special treatment, that is for certain.".
