Letby’s parents Susan and John have said they will not be watching the documentary about the daughter, accusing Netflix of taking coverage of her crimes to ‘another level’
Lucy Letby’s parents have broken their long-held silence on their serial killer daughter as Netflix prepares to debut a documentary detailing her horrific crimes.
Baby killer Letby, 36, will be the subject of “The Investigation of Lucy Letby “, a 90-minute documentary set to air “unseen footage and unheard insider accounts” about what the streaming platform has called a “divisive” case this February. The case, which has dominated British headlines over the last few years, is set to be introduced to millions more people who subscribe to Netflix around the world.
The former neonatal nurse’s parents, Susan and John, have condemned the documentary before it has even landed, however, hitting out at the upcoming film for allegedly violating their privacy.
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Speaking to The Times, the two have described in their first statement released since their daughter’s arrest that the release of a recording showing the pyjama-clad convicted killer being arrested at their home in Hereford as a “complete invasion of privacy”. The clip, included in the trailer for the show, shows officers arriving at the home in June 2019 and confronting a bleary-eyed Letby in bed.
After formally arresting her, they then lead her away in her dressing gown, marching the gloomy-faced woman down the path away from her family home. The parents said they have no plans to watch the documentary, saying it would “kill us”, and that they had no idea the revealing footage of their daughter would be used.
They added it also appeared to stand out from other accounts of their daughter’s arrest and trial, claiming Netflix had taken the coverage to “another level”. They added: “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.
“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 kill 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 couple said they had also feared their home would become a “tourist attraction” like their daughter’s residence in Chester, which she had bought in 2016, years before she was convicted 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.”
