During the trial, text messages between Lucy Letby and Dr A were shared with the jury - which showed them to have had dinner dates and a day trip to London together
'Evil' nurse Lucy Letby was handed a whole life order yesterday and will spend the rest of her days behind bars for the murders of premature babies under her care.
Her childhood friend Dawn, who claimed the charges levelled against her pal were "most out of character that you could ever put against Lucy", said Letby had always dreamed of becoming a nurse after being grateful to those nurses who helped her survive her own difficult birth. The prosecution suggested their relationship went beyond that of colleagues. After she was removed from the ward, the two continued to meet outside of work for coffee and restaurant dates, shopping trips, and a visit to her home, where she lived alone. He was described by prosecutors as her 'boyfriend', but Letby insisted: "I loved him as a friend. I was not in love with him."
But it was during this questioning that she appeared to reveal she had a 'boyfriend'. "[Colleague] was a married man, it's not a relationship at all it's a friendship," she said before admitting she did have a boyfriend at this time. It wasn't made clear if this was the same person and no previous partners were mentioned during the trial.
Prosecutor Mr Johnson asked her: "Did you want to get his attention? Is that the reason you sabotaged Child O?", which she denied. The following day, Child P collapsed when Letby was on duty and Dr A again responded to the emergency crash call. Mr Johnson asked her: "Did you enjoy being in these crisis situations with Dr A. Did it give you something to talk about and message about?" Letby said: "No, Dr A and I were friends.
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