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Lucy Letby wrote an “evil” note, which was later found at her house following the death of numerous babies, Manchester Crown Court has heard. The prosecution today told jurors of some of the “interesting items” found after the arrest and police search of the former nurse’s house.

Ms Letby faces 22 charges, concerning 17 babies, and has pleaded “not guilty” to them all.

Her trial began on Monday and the prosecution has so far focussed primarily on the circumstances allegedly surrounding the murders and attempted murders of which the former nurse is accused.

Prosecutor Nick Johnson KC also today drew the courts attention to “interesting items” found after a police search of Ms Letby’s house.

The jury heard: “I have already told you that the police found a large quantity of hospital paperwork relating to many of the children whose deaths and collapses you are now considering.

“They also found some other interesting items. There were some Post-it notes with closely-written words, some of which included the names of some of her colleagues.”

Mr Johnson quoted some of the phrases he said were found on the notes.

These, he said, included: “Why/how has this happened – what process has led to this current situation?”, “What allegations have been made and by who? Do they have written evidence to support their comments?” and “I haven’t done anything wrong and they have no evidence, so why have I had to hide away?”.

Mr Johnson then said: “But I want to show you one note in particular.”

He pointed to a yellow Post-it note sown on television screens to the jury and said: “She wrote, ‘I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough’. ‘I am a horrible evil person’ and in capital letters, ‘I AM EVIL I DID THIS’.”

The prosecutor added: “Well, ladies and gentlemen, that in a nutshell is your task in this case.

“Whether or not she did these dreadful things is the decision you will have to make when you have heard all the evidence.”

More to follow.

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