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The Sun
3 days ago
- The Sun
Lucy Letby moans ‘I'm the fattest I've EVER been' after splurging prison job cash on junk food & chocolate, inmates say
SERIAL child killer Lucy Letby has moaned that she's getting too fat in prison after spending more than £50 on crisps and sweets. The former nurse devours junk food and Quality Street chocolates paid for by working three different prison jobs inside HMP Bronzefield. 2 Britain's most prolific child killer is serving 15 whole-life orders. The 35-year-old from Herefordshire was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others while working at the Countess of Chester in 2015 and 2016. One fellow inmate complained to the Mirror that Letby's behaviour is annoying other lags - and she cries to win sympathy from guards. They said that staff are scared of the nurse so "pander" to her and treat her like "a princess". The killer has jobs as a laundry worker, earning £8 a week, a kitchen worker - another £8 a week - and a library worker. A source told the Mirror: "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. "She was moaning that she's the fattest she's ever been. She weighs 72 kilos [almost 11 stone 5oz] - she's not fat, but fat for her, you know as she was really, really skinny." It comes after The Sun reported Letby and the stepmother of murdered Sara Sharif have bonded in prison over family card game Uno. Letby and Beinash Batool — who is serving 33 years over ten-year-old Sara's death — spend hours playing the game in their cushy jail unit. The child killers — both inmates with 'enhanced' privileges at HMP Bronzefield, Surrey — also spend time in each other's cells and in the kitchen together. But their love of the Uno game, which sees players try to match cards and yell 'Uno' when they have just one left, has sparked fury among staff and lags. Our source said: 'It's a grim spectacle. They spend ages at the table playing and get really into it. 'People are angry, but staff have to do what they can to keep prisoners happy. 'Letby and Batool started sticking together and have now become quite friendly. 'They are both enhanced prisoners, so they get a lot of freedom and can buy decent food. And they are often in the kitchen, chatting and making cheese toasties. 'The difference between them is that Batool does not discuss her crime, while Letby tells anyone who will listen that she is innocent. 'They both have jobs, with Letby doing cleaning and Batool helping in the library. 'They are also monitored closely by staff as they are at risk of attack. But their lives will stay quite comfortable as long as they behave.' Letby, 35, and Batool, 31, are held on Unit 4 of 527-inmate Bronzefield, which is run by private firm Sodexo. They both have TVs with Freeview channels and a DVD player, along with books and films, which they can order from the library. Others on the unit include Sian Hedges, jailed for life in 2024 for killing 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips. Shamed prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, who romped with a lag, was also held there until her release last month. Letby — convicted of the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of seven more while a neonatal nurse — has regular legal meetings as she plans her appeal. Sara's dad, Urfan Sharif, is serving at least 40 years for murder after she was beaten to death at the couple's home in Woking, Surrey.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars'
Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif 's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars', it has been reported. The child killers allegedly while away the hours in their comfortable cells at Surrey's HMP Bronzefield with endless rounds of the popular card game. Letby, 35, is serving life for murdering seven infants and trying to kill seven others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Meanwhile, Beinash Batool, 31, has been locked up for life with a minimum of 33 years for murdering her ten-year-old stepdaughter Sara Sharif. She joined Letby behind bars in December last year, after the former nurse was jailed in August 2023, with both held on Unit 4 of the 527-inmate prison. It has been claimed the heinous pair also spend much of their days in each other's cells as well as in the kitchen, making cheese toasties and chatting. But it is their taste for Uno - where users play snap with coloured cards, shouting 'Uno' when they have one left - which has even inmates at Europe's largest female prison deeply unsettled, it has been reported. A source told The Sun the pair have allegedly become tight: 'It's a grim spectacle. They spend ages at the table playing and get really into it. 'People are angry, but staff have to do what they can to keep prisoners happy.' They both have enhanced prisoner status, it has been claimed, the most advanced tier of an incentives scheme for inmates, denoting the best behaviour behind bars. Such prisoners are afforded more privileges, like wearing their own clothes, more visits, more money or a TV in their cell. The source said Batool and Letby's alleged enhanced status - which the former nurse was fast-tracked to, the Mail has previously reported - sees them enjoy better food and more freedom. They are at risk of attack by other inmates, they claimed, so the pair are quite closely surveyed by prison staff. But apart from that, they reported, both their lives will remain pretty comfortable with further good behaviour. 'The difference between them is that Batool does not discuss her crime, while Letby tells anyone who will listen that', they alleged. They also said they both reportedly have jobs at the prison, which is run by private firm Sodexo - Batool works in the library while Letby undertakes cleaning tasks. They also both have TVs with Freeview channels, a DVD player and books and films available to order from the library, it was claimed. Letby reportedly often attends legal meetings to plan for her appeal. Batool and Letby have equally grisly company on the unit, which also houses Sian Hedges, locked up for life last year for killing her 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips. Former prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, disgraced for having sex with an inmate, was also locked up there before her release last month. When Batool was jailed last year for the murder of little Sara, the girl's father Urfan Sharif was also locked up for life and will serve at least 40 years. Sara's uncle Faisal Malik was also imprisoned for 16 years minimum for causing or allowing the death of a child. A pre-inquest review of her death was held today. The young girl suffered more than 70 fresh injuries and 25 fractures after her father and stepmother battered her to death at their home in Woking, Surrey - before fleeing to Pakistan. Mr Justice Cavanagh said in his sentencing remarks: 'This poor child was battered with great force, again and again... 'This poor child was battered with great force, again and again. 'It is no exaggeration to describe the campaign of abuse against Sara as torture.' She had a fractured collar bone, two fractured shoulder blades, fractured ribs, a fractured humerus, eleven fractures to her spinal column and fractures to both her hands. Sara also had a 'serious brain injury', sustained a few days before her death, and two burn wounds on her bottom, which matched an iron at the house. In the weeks before she died, she was tied up, covered with a hood, beaten with a cricket bat and metal pole and bitten. Letby used a variety of horrifying methods to secretly attack 14 babies between 2015 and 2016 on the neonatal ward at the Chester hospital she used to work at. Doctors at the hospital began to notice a significant rise in the number of babies who died or unexpectedly collapsed on the ward. They could not find a medical explanation so alerted police, who began investigating. The former nurse was first arrested in July 2018 and charged in November 2020. Evidence was presented at court of her methods of attack, which included injecting air and insulin into babies' bloodstream and infusing air into their gastrointestinal tract. She also force fed an overdose of milk or fluids and inflicted impact trauma. Her intention, it was found, was to kill the children - but deceive her colleagues into believing they had died of natural causes. Pascale Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service has previously said: 'She perverted her learning and weaponised her craft to inflict harm, grief and death. 'Time and again, she harmed babies, in an environment which should have been safe for them and their families. 'Her attacks were a complete betrayal of the trust placed in her. 'My thoughts are with families of the victims who may never have closure, but who now have answers to questions which had troubled them for years.'
The Sun
4 days ago
- The Sun
Child killer Lucy Letby & Sara Sharif's evil stepmum spend hours playing Uno in cushy jail sparking fury from lags
KILLER nurse Lucy Letby and the stepmother of murdered Sara Sharif have bonded in prison over family card game Uno. Letby and Beinash Batool — who is serving 33 years over ten-year-old Sara's death — spend hours playing the game in their cushy jail unit. 5 5 5 The child killers — both inmates with 'enhanced' privileges at HMP Bronzefield, Surrey — also spend time in each other's cells and in the kitchen together. But their love of the Uno game, which sees players try to match cards and yell 'Uno' when they have just one left, has sparked fury among staff and lags. Our source said: 'It's a grim spectacle. They spend ages at the table playing and get really into it. 'People are angry, but staff have to do what they can to keep prisoners happy. 'Letby and Batool started sticking together and have now become quite friendly. 'They are both enhanced prisoners, so they get a lot of freedom and can buy decent food. And they are often in the kitchen, chatting and making cheese toasties. 'The difference between them is that Batool does not discuss her crime, while Letby tells anyone who will listen that she is innocent. 'They both have jobs, with Letby doing cleaning and Batool helping in the library. 'They are also monitored closely by staff as they are at risk of attack. But their lives will stay quite comfortable as long as they behave.' Letby, 35, and Batool, 31, are held on Unit 4 of 527-inmate Bronzefield, which is run by private firm Sodexo. I'm the expert who helped nail Lucy Letby - and here's eight reasons why she's guilty They both have TVs with Freeview channels and a DVD player, along with books and films, which they can order from the library. Others on the unit include Sian Hedges, jailed for life in 2024 for killing 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips. Shamed prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, who romped with a lag, was also held there until her release last month. Letby — convicted of the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of seven more while a neonatal nurse — has regular legal meetings as she plans her appeal. Batool was sentenced last December for the murder of her tortured stepdaughter. Sara's dad, Urfan Sharif, is serving at least 40 years for murder after she was beaten to death at the couple's home in Woking, Surrey. A pre-inquest review into Sara's death will be held today. The girl's mother, Olga Domin, has called for 'vital answers' about how authorities missed a dozen chances to save her. A spokesman for Sodexo said they would not comment on individuals. 5
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Ghislaine Maxwell 'is not suicidal' and spends her days behind bars quietly helping educate fellow inmates
's life behind bars has been laid bare by one of her former cellmates. Jessica Watkins - who was imprisoned for her part in the 2020 Capitol riots - said Maxwell, 63, has rebranded herself as a teacher to other inmates. The 42-year-old transgender Army veteran said Jeffrey Epstein's former pal mostly keeps to herself as she serves her 20-year stretch for child sex-trafficking charges. Watkins, a former Oath Keeper, was imprisoned alongside the 63-year-old inside FCI Tallahassee. Maxwell notoriously helped Epstein exploit and abuse multiple minors over the course of a decade. Epstein's victims alleged they were procured by Maxwell and passed around his billionaire friends and associates who regularly visited his homes, which included his private island. He was eventually found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide while awaiting trial. Speaking with this week, Watkins said Maxwell mostly kept to herself inside the prison, a low-security facility in the Florida capital where she has modeled herself as a mentor to other jailbirds. It comes after Watkins said she wanted to get 'ahead of potential narratives' about Maxwell, insisting that 'she isn't suicidal in the least.' Recalling the first time she registered the disgraced socialite, Watkins said she had to do a double take to make sure it was her. She said: 'It's an open dorm, it's a big bay full of bunk beds, there is no cells. I walked by and I seen her there. 'I did a double take because I recognized her face immediately from the news. I was like "is that who I think it is?" 'My friend who was with me was like "I don't know - who is it?" I caught her up on the situation. Started asking around and it was definitely her.' Watkins, who had her sentenced commuted in January, said she and Maxwell would go speak several times a week, typically while exercising around the yard. She said that Maxwell brought up her own case a few times and only made one mention of Epstein, her former lover and boss, that she could remember. 'We don't talk about cases as inmates because people will think you're a snitch. It's an unspoken rule among inmates. You don't ask. '[Maxwell] did bring it up a couple times but it was very very hush hush. She didn't talk a lot about it. 'She did say that the DOJ had no interest in her until after, her exact words were until after Jeffrey, and then she paused for a second and said died. That was the only time he ever came up.' According to Watkins, Maxwell came across as being at ease inside prison, adding that she 'didn't seem unduly worried.' She added: 'The open dorm situation is very good. There's like 40 or 50 people around so if anybody tried anything, there's witnesses. She seemed very at ease, very calm and approachable.' Watkins said that anybody involved in child or sex cases is somewhat protected by the authorities. 'If someone is to retaliate against her they catch an entire indictment and can get like 10 years or something. 'I don't think she feared anything from the other inmates. She was also very helpful. She worked in the law library.' In the U.S., correctional facilities offer inmates the resources to access the courts and further understand their legal rights and options with in-house law libraries. Watkins said Maxwell worked inside the one in Tallahassee and provided fellow inmates with the right legal forms and offered advice, even running her own classes. 'She was very concerned about peoples' medical wellbeing and so she did have that kind side to her.' Despite this, Watkins added that Maxwell did make her uneasy, due to her being aware of the nature of her case. She added: '[Maxwell] made me nervous. Anytime she came around she made me nervous - but she was very nice.' Watkins said that outside of helping others with legal cases, Maxwell spent her time working out and reading books constantly - with a taste for classic literature. She never recalled seeing Maxwell with a tablet inside or ever spending time inside the TV room, deciding to work on her case or read instead. Watkins also took aim at the food available to inmates as being 'not fit for human consumption' while saying that she recalled Maxwell eating kosher meals. Maxwell is said to have kept to herself, and had one close friend who Watkins identified only as Lisa. Lisa told others she was a doctor before her prison stint. According to Watkins the facility had problems with drug use among inmates, particularly the prescription opioid Suboxone and crystal meth. Due to this, she said she and Maxwell bonded over not being hooked on the substances. 'We avoided most of the inmates cause they were high all the time and we didn't want to be around that. She would gravitate towards people who were also sober,' Watkins said. 'We walked the track one day and we were trying to calculate how many people were sober in the prison. I think we came up with 12.' The only other details of her private life Maxwell gave out was that her father had worked in the media, according to Watkins. Epstein and Maxwell were previously pictured alongside President Donald Trump, but the former socialite only mentioned the president once, Watkins noted. She said: 'There was something in the news about Trump having Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago or something. 'I guess she had done some interview and the media had asked her about President Trump, and she came back and said, "Well, like why are you interested in Trump and not the Clintons?" 'I guess they were far closer, I don't know. It was a passing statement. She never really elaborated on that.' Watkins insisted Maxwell was not suicidal, suggesting she was unlikely to meet the same fate as Epstein, who was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019. At the time of Epstein's death, which was ruled a suicide, he had pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. His suicide fueled speculation he was assassinated as part of a cover-up to protect other high-profile individuals who were potentially complicit in his crimes. It was later suggested the well-connected financier maintained a list of clients to whom underage girls were trafficked.
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
I lived with a serial killer for 6 months before I learned what he'd done - he mentored me and even taught me to shave
A man has spoken of how he lived with a serial killer as a roommate before he found out what he had done. Jesse Crosson shared the experience when he was staying at Nottoway Correctional Centre in the US state of Virginia. He explained he had gotten a job in the wood shop, and when he was moved into a new prison cell, he realised he was already occupied by an 'old little man'. He explained in a TikTok video: ' I remember the pop the door to the cell for me to go in and there was this old little man sitting in front of the TV drinking his coffee and I was like "This is a roommate I can deal with, he's not young and crazy, he's not going to be loud." 'It worked out great. Sometimes he worked night shift, and I worked day shift, so I got the cell to myself. He was quiet, we had good conversations, we watched Jeopardy. I really liked the guy. He even taught me how to shave because when I first got locked up, I couldn't grow a beard, so I never learned.' In the video, he goes on to explain, the roommate never received any mail from family or spoke to anyone on the phone, and as he knew he had previously been a decorated officer in Vietnam, he asked his stepmother if he could write him a letter. He said: 'And then my stepmum comes for a visit and she's like 'You know Jesse, your roommate is a serial killer.' 'I said 'okay...' 'So she tells me this whole story and I got back to have this conversation like "Greg, remember how I said I was going to try to get my stepmum to write to you? Well, she doesn't really feel comfortable" and he says 'yeah, you did your homework' and he laughed and it scared the s**** out of me.' In the video, he went on to say that the roommate was 'connected to dozens of murders across the country ,but I didn't know that at first' He added: 'Finding out one day that I was living with a serial killer was uncomfortable and it didn't really mesh with the things I knew about him. 'He had been a decorated officer in Vietnam. He had served three tours and used to recite the names of every soldier he had lost. 'The man was helping me work on my vocabulary... He was really where I started to understand that one is just one thing.' In 2002, Crosson was originally sentenced to serve 32 years in jail just as he turned 18 after committing two separate and unrelated crimes: being caught in a robbery and a shooting. After spending 19 years behind bars, the 38-year-old shares his jail tales to his 1.2 million TikTok followers, revealing the fascinating facts of what life is really like in prison - and what it was like to readjust to life outside when he was released. In a recent clip, the former inmate shared the moment he was released from prison 'felt like a dream.' He recalled walking outside for the first time and getting into a car felt 'awkward and weird' - and he even had a 'breakdown' in Costco after shopping with his newfound freedom. 'I started to feel two things,' he recalled. 'One was a sense of grief for everything that I lost and beginning to realize all those years had passed, and the other was a sense of joy.' Crosson, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, recalled shifting his mindset from his life as a free man 'being a dream,' to it being 'waking up' from a bad one. 'It was back to reality for the first time,' the ex-convict explained. 'And it was where I belonged.' The motivational speaker, who has started the Second Chancer Foundation in 2022 to provide direct services for prisoners, admitted he suffered from a breakdown and PTSD, as well as struggling in different environments and relationships. Crosson has also recalled the moment he found out he was being released from prison - saying it had been a 'surprise' - and he woke up that day thinking he still had 10 years left on his prison sentence. However, he was called into the counselor's office who told him the good news - he was a free man. After being given 'ridiculous' release clothes - oversized khaki pants and a large khaki-colored shirt - he left the prison and was picked up by his mom, who he could finally embrace after spending 15 minutes filling out the final paperwork. In one video, Crosson has also recalled the moment he found out he was being released from prison - saying it had been a 'surprise' 'I picked her up and I started swinging her around,' he reminisced. In a TikTok posted in June, Crosson explained he was arrested after he and his co-defendants had run out of money, and were trying to get a fix - making the decision to rob the home of a restaurant owner someone had worked for. Although they justified the crime by convincing themselves the restaurant owners weren't good people. However, someone ended up being home and it turned into a home invasion, which left Crosson paranoid and afraid they were after him. Wanting to defend himself, Crosson purchased a handgun from a friend - which turned out to be stolen - and was involved in a fight that ended in a car chase and him firing his gun. He was caught and sentenced to 32 years - double the recommended sentence. 'When I got arrested I looked absolutely insane,' the ex-criminal recalled, saying he was dressed like a gangster inspired by his friend's uncle, who legitimately was one. 'I had these hiking boots on but I had dress socks, I didn't have any boxers on cause we're so strung out, we can never get organized to do laundry but I was wearing dress clothes, [I] wanted to be just like him,' he said. 'I also had this long overcoat that my stepfather had given me and besides thinking it made me look like a gangster we had a strap on the AK, so I can put it over my shoulder with a regular clip in there, you couldn't even tell it was under the jacket,' he added. The free man said he was arrested in that outfit and had to wear it again when he was transferred from jail to the receiving center before starting his sentence. While he was being processed, he was given the options of sending the garments home or leaving them there. He instead opted to throw the clothes away. 'With limited money on the books, there was no way in the world I was gonna pay for the postage [when] I could buy food and hygiene instead,' he explained. 'Maybe that's why I was so hesitant to start wearing dress clothes again, because for about a year-and-a-half or almost two years all I wore was T-shirts and jeans. I was like no, I don't need that fancy stuff,' he added thoughtfully. In other videos, Crosson revealed more information from his time in prison - including his unusual mentor, who turned out to be a serial killer. 'I was surprised because I said you know I really like this guy,' he recalled in a clip posted to TikTok. 'I get along with him, he teaches me something every day, he helped me a lot in kind of seeing the world in a different way.' Although Crosson appears to be remorseful about his actions, he isn't remorseful about being arrested. 'I needed to be arrested,' he said in a video explaining why he was put behind bars. 'I was an active threat to other people.' 'In many ways being arrested, being pulled me out of the crazy lifestyle, the tail spins that I was in is what saved my life,' he added sincerely. Crosson also said with 'great love and support,' he was able to put his life back together in prison. 'I mentored other men, earned a Bachelor's degree, became a journeyman electrician, wrote articles for publication and found a way forward,' he said.
