HEREFORD nurse Lucy Letby has been interviewed by detectives in prison over the suspicious deaths of more infants.

The former nurse, who grew up and went to school in Hereford, but never worked as a nurse in the county, was questioned under caution over unexpected deaths and collapses of babies at her former place of work, the Countess of Chester Hospital and, for the first time, at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where she trained as a student.

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Letby, 34, is already serving a rare whole-life sentence for murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven more while working as a neo-natal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Cheshire Police said in a statement: “We can confirm that, following agreement, Lucy Letby has recently been interviewed in prison under caution in relation to the ongoing investigation into baby deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Further updates will follow.”

Detectives are reviewing the care of some 4,000 babies admitted to hospital while Letby was working as a neonatal nurse.

The period covers her spell at the Countess of Chester Hospital from January 2012 to the end of June 2016, and includes two work placements at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2012 and 2015.

Cheshire Police previously emphasised that only those cases highlighted as medically concerning would be investigated further.