Lucy Letby followers throw eerie celebration for her with prosecco, large cake and banners

Eerie Lucy Letby fans threw a party for her 35th birthday at a pub, complete with homemade banners, glasses of prosecco and a giant ‘Lucy’ cake – but they deny it was to celebrate

Sick supporters of baby killer Lucy Letby threw a 35th birthday party for her at a pub, complete with glasses of prosecco, homemade banners and a giant ‘Lucy’ cake. The former nurse spent her 35th birthday in jail on January 4 after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others in a neonatal unit.

The gathering at The Windmill pub on Clapham Common involved six people, believed to have connected through the Facebook group “Lucy Letby Discussions”, according to a source. In the group, members discuss their belief that Letby is innocent and a victim herself, arguing she should be released.

Photos from the event shared on the private Facebook page show four attendees holding up a homemade banner that reads “happy birthday Lucy” and “a blatant miscarriage of justice”.

They enjoyed prosecco and made the reservation under the name “Lucy”, as seen on a reserved card on the table.

A friend of a parent whose premature baby daughter was killed by Letby, who saw the posts, commented: “There are families who will never get to celebrate their children’s birthdays. What’s next, do we have celebrations for Myra Hindley and Ian Brady?”

One of the attendees, who goes by the pseudonym Lulu Tee, 45, a carer from south London, denied it was a birthday party. She stated: “It was just a meetup of people from the groups. We wanted to get together to toast her birthday and speak about the case. The organiser sorted a cake and a few banners to outline that it was a miscarriage of justice.

“There was a plan to sing happy birthday and a message was recorded for her, expressing sympathy and the unfairness of her not being able to celebrate her milestones if she’s innocent.”

“Meanwhile, the people who are at fault are not in prison,” they claimed. One of the organisers posted on X ahead of the event, stating: “Today is Lucy Letby’s birthday. Sadly she is in prison for crimes she didn’t commit. She won’t be able to celebrate her birthday & will be without her family & friends.

“Myself and a group of friends will be meeting up to toast her birthday and send her and her family comforting thoughts. Hopefully this will be the last birthday she spends in prison.”

Photos of the gathering were shared on the Lucy Letby Discussions Facebook page, with the accompanying post reading: “A lovely afternoon & evening spent thinking of Lucy on her birthday. “

Other group members expressed words of support such as “Aww, that is so nice” and “how lovely”.

A spokesperson for The Windmill pub declined to comment. ‘Lulu’ added: “I was closely following the trial and I read the discussions on X, as I have twins who were born two months premature, and I felt very emotionally involved. I originally took for granted that everything said about Lucy was true.

“But I saw the people that thought she was innocent had much stronger arguments than the guilty side did. I even spoke to a professor and legal experts and her barrister about it, and I came to my own conclusion that she was innocent.”

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