18/05/2015

Nurse Guilty Of Killing Two Patients

A nurse has been found guilty of killing two patients and poisoning 19 others at Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester.

Victorino Chua was convicted of murdering Tracey Arden and Derek Weaver by injecting insulin into saline bags and ampoules in June and July 2011.

Chua was acquitted of the murder of Arnold Lancaster.

(CD/JP)

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