Lucy Letby’s Parents Slam New Netflix Doc About Daughter’s Crimes, Say ‘It Would Likely Kill Us If We Did’ Watch It

Lucy Letby’s parents say they will not watch Netflix’s upcoming documentary about their daughter, calling it “a complete invasion of privacy.”

The Investigation of Lucy Letby arrives on the streaming platform Wednesday, Feb. 4, and is billed as featuring “unseen footage and unheard insider accounts” related to the case of the British neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.

In comments attributed to The Guardian, Susan and John Letby said they were not told that the documentary includes footage showing their longtime home.

“The previous programs made about Lucy, including Panorama and the almost nightly news showing her being brought out handcuffed in a blue tracksuit, are heartbreaking for us,” the couple said in a statement dated Sunday, Feb. 1. “However, this Netflix documentary is on another level.”

“We will not watch it,” they added. “It would likely kill us if we did.”

The couple also objected to what they described as the use of video taken inside their residence without their knowledge. They said they “had no idea they were using footage in our house.”

They pointed specifically to a moment referenced in the documentary’s trailer, where Letby is shown, they said, “being arrested in her bedroom in our house and her saying goodbye to one of her beloved cats.” Susan and John said the clip is “even more distressing.”

“Heaven knows how much more they have to show. All this taking place in the home where we have lived for 40 years,” they added, describing their neighborhood as “in a small cul-de-sac in a small town where everyone knows everyone.”

“It is a complete invasion of privacy, of which we would have known nothing if Lucy’s barrister had not told us,” they said.

They also questioned why an investigating officer, Paul Hughes, was able to share details of what happened in their home the day of Letby’s arrest, saying they had cooperated fully with the investigation.

Netflix and ITN Productions did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday, Feb. 1.

Letby was arrested in 2020 and accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill others by allegedly administering excessive amounts of milk, air, insulin, or fluid while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwestern England between June 2015 and June 2016.

She pleaded not guilty to all charges, but was convicted in August 2023 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. She was sentenced to 15 life terms and began appealing the following month. She has been held at HMP Low Newton in Durham, England, since her conviction.

The Investigation of Lucy Letby streams on Netflix on Feb. 4.