{"id":267218,"date":"2025-11-07T06:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267218\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T06:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:35:12","slug":"german-nurse-convicted-of-murdering-10-patients-to-reduce-his-workload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267218\/","title":{"rendered":"German nurse convicted of murdering 10 patients to reduce his workload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      Reuters<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8nhgw003y26p5gpir0czk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A palliative nurse was convicted on Wednesday of the murder of 10 patients with lethal injections and the attempted murder of 27 others and was handed a life sentence by a German court.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8pugy000c356m34ncnlt8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prosecutors had argued that the nurse injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives to ease his workload at night.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8nlhj0000356mpmswoh1u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The crime was found to be particularly severe, said a spokesperson for the court in Aachen, meaning the nurse has little chance of being released after 15 years, the minimum time that can be served for a life sentence in Germany.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8q1js000g356m2og39wmx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The nurse committed the crimes between December 2023 and May 2024 in a clinic near Aachen in western Germany.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8qckr000l356mjmc29h5o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The verdict can be appealed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8qckr000m356ms2qpjvdj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Investigators are looking at several other suspicious incidents during the nurse\u2019s career, German media reported.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhn8qckr000n356mjgqbm3gf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the worst killing spree in Germany\u2019s post-war history, a former nurse <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2019\/06\/06\/europe\/german-nurse-niels-hoegel-jailed-grm-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was jailed in 2019<\/a> for life for murdering 85 of his patients.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reuters \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A palliative nurse was convicted on Wednesday of the murder of 10 patients with lethal 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