Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio 'set to create TV drama based on child serial killer Lucy Letby as...

Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio is reportedly set to create a drama based on the child serial killer Lucy Letby , with Sophie Turner and Jodie Comer in the running.

The director, studied at University of Birmingham Medical School and previously worked as a hospital physician before leaving to write BBC medical drama Cardiac Arrest in 1994. The former neo-natal nurse was sentenced to 14 whole life orders after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others last August

'Bagging a high-profile name to play Letby would help give the show the attention it deserves too, but it’s not a role to take lightly.'Letby was convicted of seven counts of murder and seven of attempted murder – one of the babies she tried to kill twice. He said she had been responsible for a 'cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder' between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital, where she worked.

A TV insider told The Sun : 'Jed sees this as an important story that should not just be chronicled in a drama but also explored'

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