Nurse Lucy Letby killed baby triplet a day after she destabilised him with ... trends now Nurse Lucy Letby killed baby triplet a day after she destabilised him with initial injection of air a day earlier, murder trail hears Baby P died after series of collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2016 Paediatrician felt that Lucy Letby posed 'mortal danger' to his surviving brother By Nigel Bunyan Published: 18:01 GMT, 23 March 2023 | Updated: 18:08 GMT, 23 March 2023 Lucy Letby killed one of a set of a triplets after initially destabilising him with an initial injection of air a day earlier, a jury heard today. Baby P died after suffering a series of unexplained collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital on June 24, 2016. His identical brother, Baby O, had died the previous day. In the aftermath of the two deaths the infants' parents begged medics to transfer their surviving triplet to the Liverpool Women's Hospital. Their plea was supported by one of the Chester paediatricians who had tried in vain to save Baby P's life. She felt by then that Lucy Letby posed 'a mortal danger' to his surviving brother, and asked the consultant originally sent to Chester to collect Baby P to take him instead. Nurse Lucy Letby (pictured) killed one of a set of a triplets after initially destabilising him with an initial injection of air a day earlier, a jury heard today The woman doctor told the jury at Manchester Crown Court: 'Even though I didn't beg, and I found a professional way of saying it, in my heart I just wanted him to leave too because that's the only way he was going to live.' Today Dr Dewi Evans, one of two expert paediatricians called by the prosecution, said he believed Baby P had initially been destabilised by the introduction of air at some point prior to an x-ray being taken at 8.09pm on June 23. But it was the introduction of additional 'dollop of air' during the following morning that splinted his diaphragm and caused the first of a series of collapses that ended with his death. When Ben Myers KC, defending, said this was not the view he had expressed in his initial reports on the case, he replied: 'An awful lot of the information we now know is information that's come out in this trial. It's unrealistic for anyone to form a view that's absolutely correct. Dr Dewi Evans said he believed Baby P had initially been destabilised by the introduction of air at some point prior to an x-ray being taken at 8.09pm on June 23 Nurse Letby, 33, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court (illustrated), accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit over the course of a year from June 2015 to June 2016 'My most recent report is from four years ago, the first some six years ago. I (now) have a far better understanding of the clinical sequence of events'. Dr Evans rejected the barrister's suggestion that he had invented his theory about 'an extra dollop of air' in order 'to get it over the line' and in doing so help the prosecution. He added: 'I can't be accused of putting anyone in the frame'. Dr Sandie Bohin, the second paediatrician called as an expert witness by the prosecution, said she believed Baby P's first collapse had been caused by an injection of air into his nasogastric tube. She added: 'I can't think of any naturally-occurring phenomenon that could have led to the further collapses'. While viewing the 8.09pm x-ray she had been concerned about the amount of gas in the baby's stomach, even though at the time it was not causing him any particular problem. She pointed out that the x-ray had only been requested by one of the consultants, John Gibbs, 'almost as a precaution' when there was no clinical concern. Yet it was 'abnormal' in showing a 'moderate' amount of gas. Dr Bohin agreed with Mr Myers that staff on the unit should have drained a pneumothorax that developed after Baby P's first collapse. She explained: 'A baby on a ventilator is unstable, and we don't know whether the snapshot (of the x-ray) has changed to become a pneumothorax that requires drainage'. The abdominal air detected in the x-ray was 'striking and out of the ordinary'. His collapse the next day was caused by his abdominal distention splinting his diaphragm and compromising his breathing. The trial continues. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility