Letby was convicted of killing the baby just four days after its birth by injecting the baby with air. Dr Gibbs said he was called to the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester in the evening, at which point Baby C had already collapsed and staff were attempting resuscitation.

A senior doctor has told a public inquiry that he is “ashamed” that he failed to protect babies from harm by serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.

Consultant paediatrician Dr John Gibbs told the public inquiry into Lucy Letby's crimes that he 'deeply regrets' failing to protect the babies from harm by killer nurse.

The public inquiry into baby deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital where Lucy Letby worked will begin on Tuesday0.

Parents of babies attacked by Letby said bosses at the Countess of Chester hospital were not honest with them 'at any stage', the inquiry heard

A senior doctor says he is "ashamed" he failed to protect babies from harm by serial killer nurse Lucy Letby. A senior doctor says he is "ashamed" he failed to protect babies from harm by serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.

The now retired medic said: "I deeply regret and I am ashamed that I failed to protect the babies from harm by Letby, but I do understand that the parents concerned would probably prefer explanations rather than apologies.

A doctor has told the public inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes that he felt "ashamed" for "failing to protect" babies from the former nurse. Consultant paediatrician Dr John Gibbs, now retired, was working at the Countess of Chester Hospital when Letby began attacking vulnerable babies on the neonatal unit in June 2015.