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03/03/2008
Nurse Found Guilty Of Patient Murders
A male nurse has been found guilty of the murder of four elderly patients at two hospitals in Leeds.
Colin Norris, 31, from Glasgow, was found guilty of the murders of four female patients - Ethel Hall, 86, from Calverley, Leeds, Doris Ludlum, 80, from Pudsey and Bridget Bourke, 88, from Holbeck at Leeds General Infirmary and Irene Crooks, 79, from Leeds, at St James's Hospital - in 2002. He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of another patient - Vera Wilby, 90, from Rawdon, at Leeds General Infirmary.
Norris had denied all the charges.
During the five-month trial at Newcastle Crown Court, the jury heard that Norris first attracted suspicion when he predicted the death of Mrs Hall. Mrs Hall, who had been recovering from hip surgery at the time of her death, later slipped into a fatal coma and test results revealed insulin levels 12 times higher than the normal level in her body. The prosecution had claimed that these were caused by injections administered by Norris.
Following the death of Mrs Hall, police began investigating other patient deaths.
Norris is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
(KMcA)
Colin Norris, 31, from Glasgow, was found guilty of the murders of four female patients - Ethel Hall, 86, from Calverley, Leeds, Doris Ludlum, 80, from Pudsey and Bridget Bourke, 88, from Holbeck at Leeds General Infirmary and Irene Crooks, 79, from Leeds, at St James's Hospital - in 2002. He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of another patient - Vera Wilby, 90, from Rawdon, at Leeds General Infirmary.
Norris had denied all the charges.
During the five-month trial at Newcastle Crown Court, the jury heard that Norris first attracted suspicion when he predicted the death of Mrs Hall. Mrs Hall, who had been recovering from hip surgery at the time of her death, later slipped into a fatal coma and test results revealed insulin levels 12 times higher than the normal level in her body. The prosecution had claimed that these were caused by injections administered by Norris.
Following the death of Mrs Hall, police began investigating other patient deaths.
Norris is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
(KMcA)
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