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The nine-month trial of Lucy Letby – a neonatal nurse charged with 22 attempted murders of babies in her care – has gripped this year’s headlines. 

And the circumstantial evidence against her is hard to ignore: shift patterns matching the deaths; a first-hand witness of her failure to save an infant; and a handwritten note: “I am evil. I killed them on purpose.”

But the case is so much more complicated – 22 individual medical cases, organisational failings, and a supposed “Gang of Four” doctors accused of setting her up. It is now up to 12 people to decide if Lucy Letby is entirely blameless – or the most prolific child killer in UK history. With the jury still deliberating, here’s your chance to catch up on the trial of the decade.