Boss had 'no qualms' hiring 'creme de la creme' Letby

One of Lucy Letby's former managers said she was highly regarded as a newly qualified nurseA nursing boss has told a public inquiry she never had any evidence of wrongdoing by "creme de la creme" nurse Lucy Letby.

The Thirlwall inquiry is examining how Letby was able to murder and attack babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016.

Eirian Powell, who was the manager of the hospital's neonatal unit at the time, told how she had "no qualms" about employing Letby in January 2012 after she had finished her training.

The inquiry heard she told police: "I wanted her on the unit, I really did. When students come through the system you are almost able to hand-pick the creme de la creme…