Lucy Letby was convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to murder another seven before being charged and ultimately ordered to serve a life imprisonment sentence

An inquiry heard she said "I blame myself" in an email to an occupational health nurse

Serial killer Lucy Letby made the comment in an email in 2017, more than year before her arrest

Serial killer Lucy Letby made the comment in an email in 2017, more than year before her arrest

Dr Jim McCormack told the Thirlwall Inquiry he was ordered to apologise to Lucy Letby after accusing her of murder, more than two years before her awful crimes were revealed

Hospital bosses made a doctor apologise to Lucy Letby over claims he called her a murderer years before she was eventually arrested, an inquiry heard.

The doctor denies knowing who Lucy Letby was until he was asked to apologise to her seven months later.

The public inquiry into killer nurse Letby's actions is continuing

The now-retired doctor denied naming Letby and said he did not even know who she was until he was asked seven months later to say sorry to her