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Lucy Letby

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Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 12:15

I went to post on the thread I was on yesterday but it said it's not taking any new replies. I went to look for another thread but I couldn't find one.

Why did she do it, does anyone know?
Apparantly there was an affair with a consultant. Is that true?

Did she do it for attention from him?
Or was he not fully available for her and she did it to try and hurt him and frame him and punish him?

It's horrific what she did and families have lost their babies and other families left with life long conditions to deal with.

She put her colleagues in an awful position too, time and time again where they had to deal with the sudden deterioration of babies and many of them were doing well and then someone probably a doctor or consultant had to explain to parents about the death of their baby while not really fully understanding why themselves until a pattern emerged and their suspicions grew.

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cocksstrideintheevening · 24/08/2023 12:16

How would anyone here know?

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 24/08/2023 12:18

If there was a known reason, then it would have been reported on. Speculation and gossip isn't helpful, at a time where really, everyone's thoughts should be on the families of her victims.

Greenfingers12 · 24/08/2023 12:18

Yeah I know the reason why, she told me yesterday 🙄

Pastarasta1 · 24/08/2023 12:19

I don't think MN should allow any further threads about it to be honest.
I am not sure why you're asking does anyone know why she did it! we're not in her mind, nobody will ever know why she did it!

BarbieKew · 24/08/2023 12:22

Attention seeking at its deepest and most narcissistic. A bit like firefighters who start fires to become the hero/victim of tragedy, with a sprinkling of jealousy thrown in and a dollop of pure evil.

Skinnermarink · 24/08/2023 12:23

Hang on, I Whatsapped her yesterday and asked why she did it. She’s read it but not replied yet, I’ll ping her another message.

Skinnermarink · 24/08/2023 12:25

What did surprise me about the Panorama doc I watched on it last night, was her childhood friend’s absolute unshakable belief that she is totally and completely innocent because she knows her and just knows she wouldn’t do it.

So if that’s what her best friend thinks, I’m fucked if I know why she started murdering helpless babies.

DogOnTour · 24/08/2023 12:26

Why the fuck would anyone here know? Just stop this shit.

Mysonwontwash · 24/08/2023 12:28

I don’t know why she did it. Sorry I can’t be of more help.

Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 12:29

I know noone here knows but I am really taken by this and I want to know why.

I'm disappointed she was placed in a prison and not a psychiatric hospital where it can be further explored there.

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Flapjacker48 · 24/08/2023 12:31

No point asking her friends as "unless she confesses to them" then they believe she is innocent and has been wronged by nasty consultants.

Pastarasta1 · 24/08/2023 12:32

Your thread isn't going to go how you want it to go as it is rather obtuse,

DogOnTour · 24/08/2023 12:34

Your disappointed are you? 🙄 It’s not about you OP. You’re sick to keep going on about it in this way.

Skinnermarink · 24/08/2023 12:36

I expect a true crime book about it will be out by the end of the year. Pop it on your Christmas list.

BIossomtoes · 24/08/2023 12:36

It really is time this sick speculation stopped.

Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 12:36

BarbieKew · 24/08/2023 12:22

Attention seeking at its deepest and most narcissistic. A bit like firefighters who start fires to become the hero/victim of tragedy, with a sprinkling of jealousy thrown in and a dollop of pure evil.

This is a good explaination and a possibility.

It entered into my mind this morning - was she trying to get the doctors attention or was she trying to punish him at all costs.

I know someone who is a nutjob. She's not a seriel killer of babies but she only ever targets married men for relationships who can't fully commit. Their interactions are often brief of only being a few dates here or there but by golly does she make them pay.

It just crossed my mind this morning if Lucy Letby was trying to make the doctor she fancied pay.

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Pastarasta1 · 24/08/2023 12:42

OP - did you not read the MULTIPLE news articles about her, or watch the Panorama documentary about her? - most of what you want to know is included therein.

BarbieKew · 24/08/2023 12:46

Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 12:36

This is a good explaination and a possibility.

It entered into my mind this morning - was she trying to get the doctors attention or was she trying to punish him at all costs.

I know someone who is a nutjob. She's not a seriel killer of babies but she only ever targets married men for relationships who can't fully commit. Their interactions are often brief of only being a few dates here or there but by golly does she make them pay.

It just crossed my mind this morning if Lucy Letby was trying to make the doctor she fancied pay.

I think she’s been doted on and been the sole focus of her family’s attention all her life, but felt insanely envious of women her age who have found partners and had children. Wouldn’t be surprised to find some truth in the doctor relationship thing (did this infatuation stop her meeting someone she could have kids with?) but I reckon her main impetus to continue killing was the attention and outpouring of praise and condolences she got after the first death. It’s beyond comprehension, even though we all know people who like being in the middle of drama. A fatal combination of all the above and this was the tragic and sickening result. Crazy.

DogOnTour · 24/08/2023 12:48

OP - did you not read the MULTIPLE news articles about her, or watch the Panorama documentary about her? - most of what you want to know is included therein.

OP is special so needs her own special thread. 🙄 Attention seeker.

Pastarasta1 · 24/08/2023 12:53

I hate these speculative threads, it's so disrespectful to the victims families.
Don't you think they want to know the MOST why she did it?!

BarbieKew · 24/08/2023 12:56

Why do people open threads they’re not interested in, let alone comment on them and try to police them? Strange.

Lanneederniere · 24/08/2023 12:57

To all the sarky posters on here, there is no reason why the OP should not start a thread about an issue which is currently continuing to be reported on in the public domain, and which is thought-provoking in many respects for many people.

Now that I have had time to catch up on the news/discussion/debate/speculation, I have distilled my thoughts on this, and am reminded of a colleague of 20 years ago who had recently left teaching, having decided to train as a legal executive.

She was remarkably similar to LL in appearance, and used her 'innocent' blonde looks on any and all male colleagues and clients. It did not take me long to realise that she was very far from 'normal' psychologically, and she managed to cause a huge amount of discord in the organisation with her manipulative, bizarre and unnecessarily cruel behaviours.

She, like LL, was obsessed with social media, taking photos, giving non-elicited hugs, sending messages out of hours to colleagues, and seemingly seeking friends through work. She, like LL, constantly bemoaned her single status and questioned why so many men would 'chat me up then show me distain'. She had zero self-awareness.

Interestingly, she bemoaned the fact that her father and brother had both told her, bluntly, "No bloke will be interested in you until you stop behaving like a psycho".

Eventually, she was encouraged to leave the organisation (I won't specify why on this forum), after which the atmosphere returned to a different and healthier 'normal'.

I think what has shocked so many people about LL is her apparent 'girl next door' appearance and presentation, which also even seemed to deceive the hospital's managers (obviously inexcusably).

I agree with those who believe that structural racism is indicated here; if she had been from a different background, more attention would have been paid to clinical colleagues' concerns about her at an earlier stage.

Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 12:59

BarbieKew · 24/08/2023 12:46

I think she’s been doted on and been the sole focus of her family’s attention all her life, but felt insanely envious of women her age who have found partners and had children. Wouldn’t be surprised to find some truth in the doctor relationship thing (did this infatuation stop her meeting someone she could have kids with?) but I reckon her main impetus to continue killing was the attention and outpouring of praise and condolences she got after the first death. It’s beyond comprehension, even though we all know people who like being in the middle of drama. A fatal combination of all the above and this was the tragic and sickening result. Crazy.

Its so hard to make any sense of it and my post is just trying to make of this.

I have so many questions and I know no one here knows.

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Pinkyandtheose · 24/08/2023 13:01

Pastarasta1 · 24/08/2023 12:53

I hate these speculative threads, it's so disrespectful to the victims families.
Don't you think they want to know the MOST why she did it?!

I'm not trying to be disrespectful to the victims families. I know they would want to know why. Surely threads like this will go some way in that there's an appetite from the public to know 'why'.

I know not knowing doesn't solve anything either and it doesn't change any of this.

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