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Lucy Letby 'boyfriend' doctor named as court order lifted
Dr Mark Deakin was described as Lucy Letby's boyfriend during the trial
The doctor described during Lucy Letby's trial as her "boyfriend" can now be identified.
Mark Deakin, who died in July aged 53, had been protected by a court anonymity order that has now been lifted.
Deakin worked alongside Letby, now 36, at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the period in which she murdered seven babies and attempted to murder six others in 2015 and 2016.
Deakin, who was married and had children, continued his medical career after leaving the Countess of Chester, later working as a consultant at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.
There have been reports that Deakin died shortly after learning that he had been sacked after it was found he had breached patient confidentiality in text message exchanges with Letby.
It is understood that he had been unwell. An inquest into the circumstances surrounding Deakin's death will now be opened.
Lucy Letby was given whole life orders for the murders and attempted murders of babies
Details of Deakin's personal interactions with Letby were revealed during the Thirlwall inquiry into how the nurse's murders were able to take place.
The inquiry heard that the pair had exchanged more than 1,000 Facebook messages and that Deakin helped Letby secure a placement at Alder Hey hospital after she was suspected of murdering babies.