Inquests into the deaths of six babies who Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering have been delayed until next year. The infants died at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016 when Letby was employed as a nurse in the neonatal unit. Full hearings into their deaths were scheduled for September after each inquest was previously opened and suspended. However, the hearings have been relisted to provisionally begin on May 10 2027, after it was announced that Lady Justice Thirlwall’s inquiry report into how the nurse was able to commit her crimes will not be published until at least September. A statement on the Thirlwall Inquiry website said: “The inquiry can now give a further update regarding publication of the final report. “The report will be published at the earliest practical date. However, that will not be until after the summer recess of Parliament.…