Judith Moritz

Judith Moritz is the BBC’s North of England Correspondent. She was one of the only reporters to be given access to the courtroom for the duration of Lucy Letby’s trial and spent nearly a year observing her closely. She led all of the BBC’s national and international coverage of the case. There have been over 26m ‘page views’ to the BBC content on the Letby trial; her first-person piece about what it was like covering the trial ranked as the 17th most engaging online story worldwide for 2023. Judith comes to the story with many years of experience of reporting complex court cases in the North of England including proceedings relating to Harold Shipman, Ian Brady, the Morecambe Bay disaster, and the Rochdale and Rotherham grooming cases. She has specialised in the legal aftermath of Hillsborough and led the BBC’s coverage of the Manchester Arena Inquiry.