EVIL NURSE
LUCY Letby will appeal her conviction after being jailed for life for murdering seven babies.
The killer nurse's legal team has sent in an application for leave to appeal her conviction, according to The Court of Appeal Criminal Division.
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Letby, originally from Hereford, was found guilty last month of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.
She was given 14 whole-life orders for her crimes and told she would die behind bars.
Letby refused to attend court when the judge delivered his sentence, prompting families' anger.
There had been tears in court as powerful victim impact statements were read by bereaved relatives of her victims.
The Crown Prosecution Service ran up a bill of £2,504,245 to jail her.
Replying to a Freedom of Information request, the CPS said: “The figure accounts for counsel, experts and presentational fees.”
She is now at Low Newton prison, Co Durham, where child-killer Rose West was formerly held and triple-killer Joanna Dennehy is an inmate.
She is the fourth woman to receive a whole-life order in Britain after West, Dennehy and Moors murderer Myra Hindley.
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Letby's appeal has not yet been accepted.
Sun Online has contacted Cheshire Police for comment.
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