A search warrant was carried out at a property on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Lucy Letby investigation, and the individual was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice
Investigators have arrested a suspect on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to the ongoing investigation into killer nurse Lucy Letby.
According to Cheshire Constabulary, a search warrant was executed at a property on Wednesday, resulting in the individual’s arrest and subsequent release on bail pending further investigation.
Letby, 35, from Hereford, is currently serving 15 whole-life orders after being convicted at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016. The babies were attacked by various means while Letby was working as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
In a statement released on Thursday, police stated: “On Wednesday 22nd April officers from Cheshire Constabulary executed a search warrant at a property in connection with Operation Duet.
“Operation Duet is the ongoing investigation into corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
“An individual was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. They have subsequently been bailed pending further enquiries.
“The searches at the property have now concluded.
“Both the corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter elements of the investigation are continuing and there are no set timescales for these.”
It comes after reports Lucy Letby fears she could be murdered or suffer life-threatening injuries inside prison before she has time to prove her “innocence”. The convicted serial killer believes she now has a target on her back following the murders of high profile prisoners in male jails.
The killings of Soham murderer Ian Huntley and Ian Watkins, the paedophile frontman of the pop group Lostprophets, are understood to have left Letby fearing for her life. Former nurse Letby, 36, from Hereford, 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 Bronzefield Prison’s high-security Unit 4 because of the nature of her crimes.
The unit houses child killers and women convicted of abusing children. One source said: “Lucy is frightened that she could be attacked and killed by one of the inmates inside HMP Bronzefield.
She is regarded as a high-risk prisoner and is in a secure unit. “She knows that other high-profile prisoners have been attacked and killed recently, and this is something that worries her, even though she has a lot of supporters in prison.
“But there are some very dangerous women in Bronzefield and they would see any attack on her as increasing their status within the jail.”
Fellow inmates at Bronzefield include Constance Marten, who was convicted of causing the death of her baby through gross negligence.
Beinash Batool, who murdered her 10-year-old stepdaughter Sara Sharif, is also believed to be held on the same wing as Letby.