Indian-origin doctor helped catch UK nurse who murdered 7 newborns

A UK nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies in northern England, had many who previously tried to blow the whistle on her.

Among them was Ravi Jayaram, an Indian-origin doctor who worked at the same hospital as the nurse, Lucy Letby, as reported by local media outlets.

Jayaram, a consultant paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital had noticed Lucy's abnormal behaviour on multiple occasions.

According to local media reports, he found it very concerning when the neonatal nurse didn't take any actions as a baby's oxygen levels kept dropping.

Jayaram wasn't the only one who noticed menacing patterns in her work. He was reported saying how other consultants raised concerns about her too after three babies died in 2015.

With the passing of more babies, meetings were held to discuss the suspicion that surrounded her.

"I do genuinely believe that there are four or five babies who could be going to school now who aren't," the doctor was quoted saying in a local television interview.

It was only in 2017 that the doctors were allowed to meet with a police official and raise their concerns.

"The police, after listening to us for less than 10 minutes, realised that this is something that they had to be involved with. I could have punched the air," Jayaram added, as quoted by the media outlet.

The nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies between and 2015 and 2016 and attempting to murder another six.

The verdict, following a 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court, makes Letby one of Britain's most prolific serial child killers. She was found not guilty of two attempted murders while the jury were unable to agree on six other suspected attacks.