The Guardian :
A “caring, unassuming and conscientious” nurse in Greater Manchester has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients.
Victorino Chua, 49, faces life in jail after being convicted of murdering two people and harming others by poisoning them with insulin-contaminated ampoules and saline drips while working on two wards at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport in June and July 2011.
Though no one ever saw him doing it, Chua used a hypodermic needle to puncture saline bags and ampoules, and inject them with insulin, Manchester crown court had heard. These were then unwittingly used by other nurses on the ward, leading to a series of insulin overdoses.
(L to R) Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and Alfred Derek Weaver, 83, whom nurse Victorino Chua was accused of murdering at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. Photograph: Greater Manchester police/PA
After police were called in Chua allegedly “changed tack” by sabotaging prescription charts, doubling and trebling dosages – some with potentially lethal consequences – which led to his arrest in January 2012.
A “caring, unassuming and conscientious” nurse in Greater Manchester has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients.
Victorino Chua, 49, faces life in jail after being convicted of murdering two people and harming others by poisoning them with insulin-contaminated ampoules and saline drips while working on two wards at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport in June and July 2011.
Though no one ever saw him doing it, Chua used a hypodermic needle to puncture saline bags and ampoules, and inject them with insulin, Manchester crown court had heard. These were then unwittingly used by other nurses on the ward, leading to a series of insulin overdoses.
(L to R) Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and Alfred Derek Weaver, 83, whom nurse Victorino Chua was accused of murdering at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. Photograph: Greater Manchester police/PA
After police were called in Chua allegedly “changed tack” by sabotaging prescription charts, doubling and trebling dosages – some with potentially lethal consequences – which led to his arrest in January 2012.
