The baby killer was reduced to tears as images of her home, taken by a crime scene officer in the aftermath of her arrest, were shared in court.
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Baby killer Lucy Letby's childlike bedroom hinted at a desire to live in the past, according to an expert. Forensic psychologist Dr Naomi Murphy said the room had an "immature feel" that suggested the murderer may have struggled to let go of her younger years.
However, Dr Murphy, who has worked with serious violent and sexually violent criminals in prisons and hospitals over the last 25 years, warned people about over analysing the pictures of the evil nurse's room, which were shared in court, The Mirror reports.
Letby, 33, was sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more while in her role as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016. The images of her home, taken by a crime scene officer in the aftermath of her arrest, have sparked nationwide discussion, with people poring over the images in an attempt to figure out her motives.
Letby, thought to be the UK's most prolific child serial killer, was reduced to tears as snaps of her untidy room were shown on the big screen in court. Two teddy bears could be seen on her unmade bed, alongside a pink dressing gown and fairy lights, which hung over her bedside.
Her duvet cover bore the words 'sweet dreams' and a framed print on the wall read 'Leave Sparkles Wherever You Go', while another had a lyric from Rihanna's hit Diamonds.
Having seen the images, Dr Murphy has revealed what the nurse's bedroom suggests about her personality. She said: "Her bedroom does have a slightly immature feel to it – perhaps more consistent with a teenager than a grown woman. This might suggest a desire to cling to an earlier phase of life."
Despite her own inference from the pictures, the psychologist has said it is wrong to put too much emphasis on the bedroom snaps. Dr Murphy added: "Personally, I don't think we can set too much store in what her bedroom looks like. There are other young women who wear a lot of pink, decorate their cars with flowers, and who still like a cuddly toy on their bed.
"We need to be careful not to read too much into something that could be quite innocuous. I know people are hungry for facts to try and help them make sense of something so awful and frightening but really there's a strong possibility the only people who will ever know why Lucy Letby killed is Ms Letby and those she may open up to."
The pictures appeared, for the most part, to show a normal and ordinary home. But further probing within the property by investigators found several sinister clues that would help convict the baby killer.
A Morrisons carrier bag found in her bedroom had 31 handover sheets, paper towel containing handwritten resuscitation notes, and a blood-gas reading for a child she allegedly attacked.
On more than 20 of the sheets, babies whom she was accused of harming were named. Letby denied purposely collecting the items. She told the court: "They have no meaning to me at all. I have copious pieces of paper and cards that I have not thrown away my whole life."
Jurors heard that some sheets were found in a bin bag in the garage, one of which was in "pristine condition" and was dated June 1, 2010 – the baby killer's first day as a student on the neonatal unit.
A diary from 2016 was also recovered from a chest of drawers. There was a mention of "twins" on April 8 – the date of birth for two twin children the Crown stated that Letby attempted to murder. The following day, a note of "twin resus" was made.
And a harrowing Post-it note was also discovered inside the journal. A section of the message read: "I don't deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them", "I am a horrible evil person", and in capital letters "I AM EVIL, I DID THIS."
Another handwritten note was found in a black bin bag in the garage, and included the messages "killing me softly", "broken hearted" and "no-one will ever know what happened or why".
In a documentary made by Cheshire Constabulary, Detective Inspector Rob Woods said: "The amount of material we found at her home address was, I think, a massive surprise to us when she was first arrested.
"It gave us a really good steer for the second occasion as to what sort of things we were looking for. Something that's been very useful to the enquiry has been Miss Letby's diaries. They appeared to be and it became clear later that it was almost a code of coloured asterisks and various other things put in a diary that marked significant events."
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