BABY killer Lucy Letby’s total legal aid bill has climbed to £1.7million and will rise higher.
The evil nurse was allowed to spend £901,817.45 on barristers and £818,497.92 on solicitors, The Legal Aid Agency revealed in new figures released to The Sun.
Letby was allowed to spend £901,817.45 on barristers and £818,497.92 on solicitors[/caption]
Ministry of Justice bean counters have warned the bill is set to rise even higher as “legal aid expenditure” for her recent re-trial and Court of Appeal hearing are yet to be added to the total.
Letby, 34, was convicted of seven murders and seven attempted killings in August last year.
Her original ten-month trial cost the Crown Prosecution Service £2.5million.
The monster became Britain’s most prolific child killer and was handed a second whole life tariff after being found guilty of attempting to murder a baby girl following a gruelling retrial in July.
Letby is set to challenge her most recent conviction for murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven more, the Court of Appeal revealed earlier this month.
Court staff confirmed that Letby is bringing a bid to appeal against her conviction for one count of attempted murder in July.
Judges will consider the case at a hearing on October 24, according to court listings.
Letby previously launched an appeal to challenge her guilty verdicts for seven murders and six attempted murders, which was rejected in May.
Tory MP Pauline Latham has previously called the spend on Letby’s defence “staggering” and said reform of the Legal Aid system “should probably be looked at again”.
The Legal Aid Agency, said: “The Legal Aid Agency is not yet in receipt of all of the claims associated with recent trial, which are received and paid in arrears upon conclusion of the case.”
