A number of unsubstantiated rumours concerning Lucy Letby's first few days at
HMP Low Newton have been circulating online, with some claiming the serial killer nurse has already been subjected to a brutal attack at the hands of her fellow prisoners.
Multiple social media posts have shared the rumours as though they were news articles, complete with identical posts which read: "BREAKING NEWS Baby killer
Lucy Letby has been attacked in Prison. Reports suggest she's been rushed to an outside hospital. in a critical condition after being slashed and boiled kettle water with sugar chucked in her face [sic]."
At the time of writing, the posts have clocked up tens of thousands of likes, despite being flagged as "false information" on social media platforms. Some of those spreading the rumours have even shared information about Letby's supposed injuries, with one person falsely claiming that it had been "officially validated" that the 33-year-old murderer "now suffers from partial loss of vision in her left eye". They went on to claim that she also has a "non-life-threatening cut on her neck".
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