Lucy Letby’s father threatened to hold a gun against a hospital boss’s head after he stopped the child serial killer from caring for babies, an inquiry has heard. Tony Chambers, former chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital, held a meeting with Letby and her parents, Sue and John, in December 2016.

Former executives at the Countess of Chester hadn't spoken publicly about the serial killer case - until this week.

Lucy Letby’s father threatened to hold a gun to the head of the chief executive of the hospital she worked at, a public inquiry has heard.

Tony Chambers led the NHS trust where neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who fatally attacked babies between June 2015 and June 2016, worked. He has apologised to the families of her victims at an inquiry into events at the hospital.

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