Lucy Letby supporters throw 35th birthday party for serial killer at Clapham pub

A pub in Clapham Common was the venue of choice for supporters of convicted child killer Lucy Letby to celebrate her 35th birthday.

Glasses of prosecco, homemade banners and a giant cake with ‘Lucy’ scribbled on it were brought to the Windmill in Clapham, London, by a group who believe Letby is innocent.

A small group of six people, who reportedly met on a Facebook group titled ‘Lucy Letby Discussions’, attended.

The former nurse spent her 35th birthday behind bars on January 4 after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others, in a neonatal unit.

In the group, people discuss their beliefs Letby is innocent and a victim herself – and should be freed.

Pictures of the event posted on the closed Facebook page show four attendees holding up a homemade banner reading ‘Happy Birthday Lucy’ and a blatant miscarriage of justice.

Even the booking was made under the name ‘Lucy’.

A spokesman for the pub told Metro: ‘We are not aligned to this group of individuals in any way. 

‘A small birthday gathering was booked in to dine at the Windmill on January 4th. We were not aware of the details of the occasion other than it being a “birthday”.

‘The guests did not make the team aware of the reason for their visit and the banner supporting their cause was not on display whilst any of our team or other customers were in attendance.’

A friend of a parent whose premature baby daughter was killed by Letby, who saw the posts, said: ‘There are families who will never get to celebrate their children’s birthdays. What’s next, do we have celebrations for Myra Hindley and Ian Brady?’

One of the attendees, who uses the pseudonym Lulu Tee, 45, a carer from south London, denied it was a birthday party.

She said: ‘It was just a meetup of people from the groups. We wanted to get together to toast her birthday and speak about the case. The organiser sorted a cake and a few banners to outline that it was a miscarriage of justice.

‘There was a plan to sing happy birthday and record a message for her saying we’re thinking of her and feel it is unfair she isn’t able to celebrate the things she should be celebrating if she’s innocent. Meanwhile, the people who are at fault are not in prison.’

They shared the photos of the meet on the Facebook page, writing: ‘A lovely afternoon & evening spent thinking of Lucy on her birthday.’

‘Lulu’ added: ‘I was closely following the trial and I read the discussions on X, as I have twins who were born two months premature, and I felt very emotionally involved. I originally took for granted that everything said about Lucy was true.

‘But I saw the people that thought she was innocent had much stronger arguments than the guilty side did. I even spoke to legal experts and her barrister about it, and I came to my own conclusion that she was innocent.

‘I believe Lucy was made a scapegoat, and the consultants were conspiring against her when she was reporting poor care on the unit.’

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