"HM senior coroner for Cheshire Jacqueline Devonish opened inquests on Wednesday into the deaths of Baby C, Baby E, Baby I, Baby O and Baby P. The infants died at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016 when Letby, 36, was employed as a nurse in the neonatal unit. Brief summaries of the circumstances of each death, as initially referred to the coroner in 2015 and 2016, were read out by coroner's officer Detective Inspector Darren Reid during the 20-minute hearing in Warrington."
"He added that, following Letby's convictions, it was requested that the inquests should be opened because there was reason to suspect an unnatural death. Ms Devonish said she was satisfied each baby required an inquest and adjourned them to be held provisionally between 14 and 25 September, dependent on the outcome of the Thirlwall public inquiry. Each inquest was formally suspended for three months until a review date on 5 May."
HM senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish opened inquests into the deaths of Baby C, E, I, O and P, who died at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015–2016 while nurse Lucy Letby worked in the neonatal unit. Detective Inspector Darren Reid read brief summaries of the circumstances as initially referred in 2015 and 2016. Following Letby's convictions, inquests were opened because there was reason to suspect an unnatural death. The coroner adjourned each inquest provisionally to 14–25 September, dependent on the Thirlwall public inquiry, and suspended them for three months until a review on 5 May. An earlier inquest for Baby D was also suspended. A 2016 inquest for Baby A recorded a narrative conclusion that the cause of death could not be determined. The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not bring further charges last month.
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