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German Nurse Fatally Injects Ten Patients to Shirk Responsibilities
(MENAFN) A regional court in Aachen, western Germany, on Wednesday handed down a life sentence to a 44-year-old male nurse for ten murder counts and 27 attempted murder charges after determining he administered deadly injections to patients in a palliative care unit.
The judgment established that the defendant perpetrated the crimes between December 2023 and May 2024 at a clinic in Wuerselen, near Aachen. He dispensed sedatives, occasionally combined with painkillers, to critically ill patients without medical approval.
The court established the particular severity of guilt, essentially eliminating any prospect of release after 15 years. The ruling aligned with the prosecution's demand.
Prosecutors argued his motivation was to silence patients during overnight shifts to shirk responsibilities. The defendant rejected the accusations, maintaining throughout the trial, which commenced in March, that he never sought to curtail patients' lives. His legal representatives pushed for acquittal.
Officials are now examining additional suspicious fatalities at the nurse's former employment sites, indicating the actual victim count could exceed current figures.
The judgment established that the defendant perpetrated the crimes between December 2023 and May 2024 at a clinic in Wuerselen, near Aachen. He dispensed sedatives, occasionally combined with painkillers, to critically ill patients without medical approval.
The court established the particular severity of guilt, essentially eliminating any prospect of release after 15 years. The ruling aligned with the prosecution's demand.
Prosecutors argued his motivation was to silence patients during overnight shifts to shirk responsibilities. The defendant rejected the accusations, maintaining throughout the trial, which commenced in March, that he never sought to curtail patients' lives. His legal representatives pushed for acquittal.
Officials are now examining additional suspicious fatalities at the nurse's former employment sites, indicating the actual victim count could exceed current figures.
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