Berlin court sentences a doctor to life for murdering 15 patients under palliative care
Prosecutors said the doctor used lethal sedatives without consent and may be linked to 76 other deaths, making release far less likely.
- A Berlin court will deliver its verdict in the trial of a 41-year-old German doctor accused of killing 15 patients during outpatient palliative care visits between September 2021 and July 2024.
- Prosecutors allege the doctor injected patients with lethal drug mixtures without consent or medical justification, despite victims aged 25 to 94 not facing imminent death.
- The defendant remained silent for two years while in custody before admitting to 12 of the 15 killings, as several fires were allegedly set to cover up the deaths.
- Relatives told the court victims still had plans and wanted to live, while Prosecutors sought a life sentence, particular severity of guilt finding, and a lifetime medical ban.
- The verdict concludes a trial lasting nearly a year and will determine whether the doctor faces preventive detention following the systematic killing allegations.
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UPDATE: German Doctor Convicted of 15 Murders
A German doctor was jailed on Wednesday, July 8th for the murder of 15 of his patients—and remains under suspicion of killing more of them. He murdered 12 women and 3 men between September 2021 and July 2024. Previously, it was reported on July 14, 2025, that “Johannes M.” was on trial accused of killing 15 patients with lethal injections and acting as “master of life and death” over those in his care. The doctor was accused of injecting 15 vic…
'Serial killer' doctor with 'lust for murder' jailed for killing of 15 patients
German palliative care doctor Johannes M, who murdered 15 people with lethal doses of sedatives and is being investigated over the deaths of dozens of others, has been jailed for life
Authorities are still investigating dozens of deaths possibly linked to the serial killer.
Another 76 similar cases are being investigated. If the doctor is found guilty in these as well, it would be one of the largest serial murder cases in German history.
The man was found guilty of murdering 15 seriously ill patients to whom he administered lethal drugs without their knowledge.
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