Baby killer Lucy Letby is consistently guarded by jail officers amid fears she will likely be attacked
Prison chiefs at HMP Bronzefield jail fear that Letby could be killed or seriously injured if she was allowed to freely mix with other lags
Lucy Letby is constantly guarded by prison officers whenever she leaves her cell(Image: Countess of Chester Hospital)
Baby serial killer Lucy Letby is constantly guarded by prison officers whenever she leaves her cell amid fears she will be attacked by fellow inmates. Prison chiefs at the top security HMP Bronzefield jail in Surrey fear that Letby could be killed or seriously injured if she was allowed to freely mix with other cons.
Letby is serving multiple whole-life sentences for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others. She is currently being held in the prison’s high security Unit 4 because of the nature of her crimes.
The unit is home to all child killers and those women convicted of abusing women. Prison officers conduct a risk assessment on Letby every day based on intelligence gathered from other cons, according to prison sources.
One ex-female prisoner who recently finished her sentence at Bronzefield told the Daily Star Sunday: “Support might be growing for Letby outside of prison and even some cons think she is innocent but she is still on the nonce wing and probably will be forever. “Any time she leaves the wing she has to be escorted by prison officers or she would be attacked or at the very least abused.
“There are a lot of very dangerous women in that jail and some of them are on her wing.” Another source added: “Letby has an ensuite single cell and she spends a great deal of time on her own.
Fellow inmates at Bronzefield include Constance Martens who was convicted of causing the death of her baby through gross negligence. Beinash Batool, who murdered her 10-year-old step daughter Sara Sharif, is also believed to be held on the same wing as Letby.
Although Letby is surrounded by child killers and abusers, she is still regarded as a high risk inmate and the last thing the prison wants is for her to be killed or wounded because it would be a major security failure.” Some prisoners are said to sympathise with her insistence that she has been wrongly convicted, while others reportedly view her as quiet, polite and withdrawn in custody.
It is also claimed Letby takes encouragement from what she perceives as growing backing outside prison. Doctors and nurses have publicly raised concerns about aspects of the case, including the interpretation of medical evidence and the wider use of expert testimony in complex clinical trials.
In recent months, a small number of medical professionals and commentators have questioned whether systemic failings within neonatal care were adequately explored during proceedings. This week, former Detective Superintendent Stuart Clifton expressed his belief that the former neonatal nurse was innocent; a view supported by several high-profile figures since Letby’s conviction in 2024.
Mr Clifton has been reviewing the evidence against Letby, who is set to die in prison after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others at Countess of Chester Hospital. The revelation comes days after it was announced that the 36-year-old will not face any further charges over additional deaths and collapses of babies that were investigated by police.
Letby grew up in Hereford as the only child of devoted parents and was described by former teachers as quiet, studious and academically capable. She went on to study nursing at the University of Chester, qualifying as a neonatal nurse and securing what colleagues once described as a “dream job” caring for vulnerable babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Her arrest in 2018 sent shockwaves through the town and across the NHS, where the case triggered wider scrutiny of patient safety, whistleblowing and hospital oversight. Following one of the longest murder trials in British legal history, Letby was convicted in 2023 after jurors heard months of detailed medical evidence and testimony from experts, hospital staff and grieving families.
She was later handed multiple whole-life sentences, meaning she is expected to spend the rest of her life in prison. A spokesman for Sodexo which runs HMP Bronzefield said they do not comment on individual prisoners.
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