Overview
- The Aachen court ruled the crimes carried a 'particular severity of guilt,' restricting the usual prospect of release after 15 years.
- Offences occurred between December 2023 and May 2024 at a hospital in Würselen near Aachen, with mostly elderly patients targeted.
- Prosecutors said the drugs used included morphine and midazolam, describing the nurse as lacking compassion and showing no remorse.
- The 44-year-old had worked at the hospital since 2020, completed nursing training in 2007, and was arrested in 2024 after staff grew suspicious.
- Investigators are exhuming bodies and reviewing other cases from his career; prosecutors say further charges and trials are possible and the verdict can be appealed.