Child killer Lucy Letby has been heard moaning that ‘she’s the fattest she’s ever been’ after gorging on junk food while behind bars. The serial killer is serving 15 life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder eight more while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby is now raking in the cash through three different prison jobs, which she splurges on piles of snacks. Letby, 35, is serving time inside HMP Bronzefield, which houses the country’s most dangerous female prisoners. Speaking to the Mirror from behind the bars at Bronzefield, one inmate said that the multiple murderer is “really pi****g off” the other women as she stuffs her face with Quality Street chocolates and crisps.
Most prisoners are lucky to be selected for one job and an opportunity to earn cash, while Letby is flaunting the money she earns after getting three cushy jobs, two of which are the best-paid inside. The source said that Letby is hardly ever locked in her cell. She is unable to walk the corridors of the jail alone because she fears she will be attacked, so she is always accompanied by a prison officer.
Some prisoners claim Letby tries to win sympathy from guards by crying at any given opportunity and fakes being nice so she gets “positive comments”, which means she is then allowed even more perks.
“The staff are terrified of Lucy, and they pander to her bulls**t,” one source told the Mirror. “If she were out in general pop, she wouldn’t have survived. There are women here with nothing to lose; they have said they will kill her.
“What’s one more life sentence when you’re already serving life? There is so much hate for her here, so much hatred. But she’s not in general population, she’s here in Houseblock Four, and she’s treated like a princess.
“She thinks she’s Queen Bee, and it’s really, really annoying other prisoners because she shouldn’t be treated like that. If she were a man, she’d be stuck in the general population, and she’d be getting attacked all the time. It’s an upside-down world here. She just gets more and more and more. It’s so wrong on every level.”
Letby works as a laundry worker – renowned as the best job on the wing – for which she gets around £8 a week. The laundry team are always out of their cells, collecting people’s washing, taking it to the laundry, folding it up, and returning it.
She also gets another £8 for being a kitchen server, again meaning she leaves her cell early to set up for the other inmates. The source said: “She does the toast in the morning, she does the laundry for our wing, so yeah, always nice to people even when they are being sh*t to her.”
Her third and most recently gained job, which means her weekly income has now reached £20, is as a worker at the “enhanced library”. This special library, only for enhanced prisoners, has movies and legal books available, and she’s in charge of handing them out and keeping everything tidy.
Our source said that because of the fear that she will be attacked by other prisoners, many of the women, even those with enhanced privileges, are not allowed in the facility when Letby is there, as she is seen as at “high risk of being attacked”.
“She gets almost £20 a week, which in prison money is a lot. She buys loads and loads of junk food. She’s put on loads of weight, she’s got quite fat, you wouldn’t recognise her. It’s all put on around her face,” our source said. “She was moaning that she’s the fattest she’s ever been.
“She really loves doughnuts and we often get them for dessert here, but she claims to be eating healthily because she’s vegetarian, but meanwhile she’ll stuff her face with sweets and chocolate.”
Our source says Letby is allowed to spend up to £56 a week – £20 from her prison earnings and up to £36 sent in from family and supporters on the outside. Her “canteen”, as it is called in prison, then arrives every Wednesday in a large transparent plastic bag.
The source told the Mirror: “Every Wednesday, she gets her canteen. I said to her one time, ‘It’s like a Santa sack. What is wrong with you? You can’t eat all that,’ and she said, ‘Oh, it’s the only comfort I have.’ I couldn’t eat that much sweets, it was disgusting, it was all sweets and chocolate. She doesn’t smoke or vape, so all her money is spent on junk.
“Why should she be able to do this when she’s a f**king convicted baby killer? Why is that ok? We are in this upside-down world, where it’s ok for her to behave like she runs his f**king prison.”
When asked if Letby ever shares her “canteen,” the source says, “No, she hoards it, she absolutely hoards it. I’ve never seen her share anything. She loves boxes of Quality Street; those are her favourites. I get money sent in. It’s not jealousy; I just think it’s wrong.”
The source said she has also heard Letby moaning that she can’t lose weight as she’s “too scared” to go to the gym, as she fears being attacked by fellow prisoners.