Lucy Letby’s parents have described a new Netflix documentary as a ‘complete invasion of privacy’
John and Susan Letby, parents of Lucy Letby(Image: PA)
Lucy Letby’s parents have broken their prolonged silence about their serial k!ller daughter as Netflix gears up to launch a documentary about her crimes.
Baby k!ller Letby, 36, will be the subject of “The Investigation of Lucy Letby ” – a 90-minute documentary set to broadcast “unseen footage and unheard insider accounts” about the case this February. The case, which Netflix has called “divisive”, has dominated British headlines in recent years, is expected to be viewed by millions globally.
However, the former neonatal nurse’s parents, Susan and John, have slammed the documentary before it has aired, hitting out at the film for allegedly breaching their privacy, reports the Mirror.
Speaking to The Times, the pair have revealed in their first statement since their daughter’s arrest that the broadcast of footage showing the convicted k!ller being detained while wearing pyjamas at their home in Hereford as a “complete invasion of privacy”. The footage, featured in the trailer for the programme, shows officers arriving at the property in June 2019 and confronting Letby in bed.
In August 2023, Letby was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others(Image: PA)
Following her arrest, they then escort her away in her dressing gown, marching her down the pathway from her family home. The parents said they have no intention of viewing the documentary, claiming it would “k!ll us”, and that they were unaware the revealing footage of their daughter would be aired.
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They added it also seemed to differ from other reports of their daughter’s arrest and trial, arguing Netflix had taken coverage to “another level”. They said: “The previous programmes made about Lucy, including Panorama and the almost nightly news showing her being brought out handcuffed in a blue tracksuit are heartbreaking for us.
John and Susan Letby, parents of Lucy Letby(Image: PA)
“However, this Netflix documentary is on another level. We had no idea they were using footage in our house. We will not watch it – it would likely k!ll us if we did. We have, however, stumbled on pictures of her being arrested in her bedroom in our house and her saying goodbye to one of her beloved cats which are 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. It is 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.”
‘The Investigation Of Lucy Letby’ on Netflix will feature never-before-seen footage(Image: PA)
The pair revealed they also worried their home might become a “tourist attraction” similar to their daughter’s property in Chester, which she had bought in 2016, years before she was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
They said: “What we go through every day is nothing to what Lucy goes through but we still have to live here. Will our house become a tourist attraction like Lucy’s in Chester? We will find out the following day when everything is plastered over the papers and the news will be full of it.”
