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Last Updated:November 06, 2025, 19:38 IST
A palliative care nurse in Wuerselen, Germany, was sentenced to life for killing 10 patients and attempting to murder 27 others with painkillers and sedatives between 2023 and 2024
The accused, who had been employed at the hospital since 2020, had shown "irritation" and a lack of empathy to patients who required a higher level of care, the prosecutors said while accusing him of playing "master of life and death". (Representative/Shutterstock)
A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 patients and attempting murder of 27 others in an effort to ease his workload.
BBC quoted prosecutors as claiming that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort to ease his workload during shifts overnight between December 2023 and May 2024 in a hospital in Wuerselen, in western Germany.
The accused, who had been employed at the hospital since 2020, had shown “irritation" and a lack of empathy to patients who required a higher level of care, the prosecutors said while accusing him of playing “master of life and death".
They further said that the accused injected patients with large doses of morphine and midazolam, a type of sedative, to reduce his workload during night shifts. He was arrested in 2024.
While issuing the order, the court said the crimes carried a “particular severity of guilt" which should bar him from early release after 15 years.
He will be able to appeal the verdict.
AFP quoted the prosecutors as saying that exhumations are taking place to identify further potential victims, which could see the man put on trial again.
Similar case took place previously in Germany when former nurse Niels Högel was handed a life sentence in 2019. He was convicted of murdering 85 patients by administering lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005.
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November 06, 2025, 19:38 IST
News world German Nurse Killed 10 Patients To Reduce Workload, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
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