Overview
- A 44-year-old palliative nurse was convicted of murdering 10 patients and attempting to kill 27 more at a hospital in Würselen between December 2023 and May 2024.
- Prosecutors said he injected excessive doses of morphine and midazolam to reduce his workload during night shifts.
- Judges found a “particular severity of guilt,” a ruling that normally prevents parole after 15 years under German law.
- Investigators are exhuming additional bodies to identify further possible victims, and prosecutors say new charges may follow.
- The defendant, who remains unnamed under German reporting rules, had worked at the hospital since 2020 and was arrested in summer 2024, in a case widely compared to the Niels Högel murders.