Child serial killer Lucy Letby has complained she’s getting too fat in prison after eating lots of sweets and chocolate.
The former nurse, who is held at HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey, gorges on the junk food and Quality Street chocolates paid for by working three different jobs at the prison.
Her eating habits are now so bad that other prisoners are complaining about her greedy behaviour.
An inmate spoke to The Mirror from behind bars at the prison and said Letby is ‘really pi****g off’ the other women because she stuffs her face.
They said: ‘She gets almost £20 a week, which in prison money is a lot. She buys loads and loads of junk food.
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‘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.’
The inmate also revealed that one of Letby’s favourite things to eat is doughnuts for dessert.
Once Letby has earned her money for the week, she puts her order on a ‘pod’ online ordering system, which is described as ordering at Argos.
After the order goes through, the child killer gets to enjoy all of her sweet treats.
The source said that her bag is so massive it is compared to the size of a ‘Santa sack’ which Letby never shares with others.
Prisoners are also irritated because the guards are scared of her and they often pander to her and treat the killer like a princess.
She’s able to successfully manipulate many of the prison staff faking being nice so she’s allowed more perks.
The source revealed: ‘The staff are terrified of Lucy, and they pander to her bulls**t.
‘If she was 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?’
Letby is also accompanied by a prison officer at all times and is hardly ever locked in her cell over fears that she could be attacked at any moment.
She’s not short of money for the junk food – working as a laundry worker, earning £8 a week, a kitchen worker – another £8 a week – and a library worker.
This is different to other prisoners who are only lucky enough to usually work just one job.
Because she has three jobs, this allows Letby to spend less time in her cell and get out and about in the prison.
The library has legal books and movies that Letby is in charge of handing out and keeping things tidy.
Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders and was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016.
It was revealed earlier this month that she could face new charges after police sent another file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The exact nature and number of offences is not yet public and it could take weeks before a decision is made on whether to charge Letby with more offences.
Letby’s own legal team submitted evidence from a panel of international experts to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in April this year, in a bid to have her convictions overturned.
The team claim no murders took place and that the babies died or collapsed because of poor care or natural causes.
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