German ex-nurse convicted of killing 85 patients

A former nurse has been convicted of murdering 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany and handed a life sentence.

Judge Sebastian Buehrmann described Niels Högel’s killing spree as “incomprehensible”.

Högel, who is already serving life for two murders, administered lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005.

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