The parents of Lucy Letby have condemned a forthcoming Netflix documentary for using footage of their daughter’s arrest filmed inside their home, calling it a “complete invasion of privacy”. Susan and John Letby said they had no prior knowledge of the footage being included and warned the programme would “likely kill us” if they watched it.
The documentary, titled The Investigation of Lucy Letby, is set to be released on 4 February and promises never-before-seen footage, including video of Letby being arrested in her bedroom at her parents’ house. The couple expressed particular distress over scenes showing Letby saying goodbye to one of her cats before being led away in her dressing gown.
“It is a complete invasion of privacy, of which we would have known nothing if Lucy’s barrister had not told us,” the couple said in a statement to the Sunday Times. They also criticised Cheshire Police’s Det Supt Paul Hughes, claiming he harboured a “deep hatred” of them, despite their cooperation with the investigation.
Letby, 36, is serving 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between 2015 and 2016. She has twice been denied permission to appeal, and a campaign group seeking to overturn her convictions has submitted reports to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Cheshire Constabulary has declined to comment on the documentary, while Netflix has also been approached for a response. Last month, the force expressed disappointment that Letby would face no further charges over other alleged incidents.
