US EditionGerman nurse given life sentence for murdering 10 patients
The nurse injected lethal doses of morphine and midazolam to ease night shift workload, with the court citing particular severity of guilt barring early release.
- A German nurse has been given a life sentence for murdering 10 patients and attempting to murder 27 others in a hospital in Wuerselen between December 2023 and May 2024.
- The unnamed nurse injected mostly elderly patients with large doses of painkillers and sedatives to reduce his workload during night shifts.
- The case bears similarity to that of Niels Högel, who was convicted of murdering 85 patients by administering lethal medication between 1999 and 2005.
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The medical technician was convicted of murdering 10 patients and attempting to murder 27 more.
German nurse sentenced to life for killing 10 patients to ease workload
A German palliative care nurse has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering 10 patients and attempting to kill 27 others in an attempt to lighten his workload during night shifts. According to court findings, the nurse, whose name was withheld under German privacy laws, administered excessive doses of painkillers and sedatives to mostly elderly patients at a hospital in Wuerselen, western Germany, between Decembe…
A palliative care nurse in Germany was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others.The prosecutors argued that the 40-year-old man, whose identity was not publicly revealed, injected painkillers or sedatives into the sick, mostly elderly, to ease his workload during night shifts.
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