Lucy Letby binges Come Dine With Me on weekends in prison as she's 'obsessed' with show

Letby is Britain's most prolific child killer after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder another seven, but is described by an insider as a 'model prisoner'

11:32, 27 Oct 2025

[Letby is Britain's most prolific child killer]

Letby is Britain's most prolific child killer(Image: Chester Standard / SWNS.com)

Baby killer Lucy Letby binges on reality TV show Come Dine With Me every weekend behind bars, it is claimed. The serial killer is known to be a "foodie" and has previously moaned about piling on the pounds in jail.

And the killer nurse, 35, watches back-to-back episodes of the dinner party competition show on More4 every Saturday and again on Sunday.

The channel is said to be part of a Freeview package Letby is entitled to as an "enhanced" inmate due to her good behaviour and politeness to prison staff and other lags inside tough HMP Bronzefield, where she is serving life for the murder of seven babies.

[Lucy Letby]

Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder another seven(Image: PA)

Despite her horror crimes she is Britain's most prolific child killer after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder another seven at the Countess of Chester Hospital Letby is described by an insider as a "model prisoner".

A source told The Sun: "She engages in everything from unit cleaning and workshops and education. "The only time she asks to go back to her cell is when a Come Dine With Me marathon is on. She absolutely loves it and can't miss it."

We previously told how Letby spends the wages from her prison jobs on junk food and Quality Street chocolates. The source told the Sun Letby hoards Maltesers and Minstrels in her cell, adding: "She orders them from the canteen. Relatives and friends send her cash."

[Lucy Letby]

Lucy Letby loves the TV show, it is claimed(Image: PA)

Letby allegedly splashes the cash from her three cushy roles in the on the sugary snacks, but has been heard moaning she's "the fattest she's ever been", despite weighing just a tad over 11st.

She 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.

It is said she gets another 8 for being a kitchen server, meaning she leaves her cell early to set up for the other inmates. Her third and most recently gained job is as a worker at the "enhanced library", which means her weekly income has now reached 20-a-week.

[The Countess of Chester Hospital, where Letby worked]

The Countess of Chester Hospital, where Letby worked(Image: PA)

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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.

Letby has lost two appeals but her barrister has lodged a miscarriage of justice claim.

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