Lucy Letby's parents made plea to hospital bosses as police investigated her, inquiry told

Lucy Letby's parents spoke of their "their “intolerable anguish” and requested an urgent meeting with hospital bosses after police began investigating her, the public inquiry into her crimes has heard.

It comes as a former board chairman at the Countess of Chester Hospital apologised after he admittied that they “failed to keep babies safe in their care." Details of a letter penned by John and Susan Letby to the hospital's then board chairman Sir Duncan Nichol were today (Monday) heard at the Thirlwall Inquiry. READ MORE: Harrowing words undertaker told family after beloved daughter, 29, dies It was sent two months after Cheshire Constabulary had been brought in to probe into the increased number of baby deaths on the neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. “It is now one year since our nightmare began.

There is a saying ‘innocent until proven guilty’ but it doesn’t seem to apply to Lucy" the couple told Sir Duncan. “She is still the only one of all the staff on the neonatal unit to be singled out for punishment. “Whilst we appreciate that things cannot be finalised until the police investigation has ended we have to have a way of moving forward in terms of her career for however long the investigation takes.” Requesting an “urgent meeting” to discuss matters, they added: “We would appreciate the meeting to be as soon as possible as the anguish this situation is causing has become intolerable.” Sir Duncan told the inquiry that he did not respond to the email sent on July 7 2017, which was also sent to then chief executive Tony Chambers.

Letby was redeployed from the unit in July 2016 to an administrative role in the Risk and Patient Safety department after consultant paediatricians voiced fears she may have deliberately